January's Jewel
And in the blink of an eye, January is gone! One month down, eleven to go! January is always a very busy month for Impacto.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith –
and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.
Ephesians 2:8
This past week I had the privilege to preach to 350 students at a church’s private school in northern Virginia. One of the topics was faith, and one of the students asked me to explain to him what faith was. I shared the following story with him.
One time, a man who was afraid to fly had to travel by plane. During the flight, there was a lot of turbulence, and the man was very scared. Next to him, a twelve-year-old was relaxed, enjoying the flight with a smile on his face. Once the flight landed, the frightened man asked the boy, why were you not nervous? You didn’t seem scared at all! The boy replied to the man, I was not afraid because the pilot is my dad. We can say that this is faith, when you invite Christ to be the pilot of your life, it doesn’t matter when there is turbulence; you will be sure that your Father will always keep you safe.
