The Captain’s Corner

I spent this past week teaching high schoolers in an aviation camp that was offered by a local flying school. The activities included ground school on aviation-related subjects (weather, theory of flight, navigation, and federal flight regulations). The twenty campers received three hours of actual flight instruction along with cross-country flying to nearby airports. The camp was a “total immersion” experience into the world of flying.

In addition to assisting with aviation camp, I have spent two nights a week for the last six weeks as a student in a private pilot ground school class. This class will prepare me to teach this same information to future students of the course. Both the aviation camp and the ground school class gave me the opportunity to share some of the lessons I learned in my over fifty years of flying.

In a similar way, you and I have an opportunity to share what God has done for us in our walk with Him. We can tell our children, grandchildren, and everyone we meet how God helped, guided, and sustained us in various life situations.

Psalm 73:28, ESV: “But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.”

Psalm 71:17–18, KJV: “O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to everyone that is to come.”

The psalmist is expressing that the spiritual lessons we have learned are spiritual lessons that we should share with others. Age should only strengthen our resolve to teach present and future generations about our mighty God!