It is normal to feel disoriented. That is what my son, the helicopter pilot, tells me. When the day is clear and the weather is good, a pilot is able to use all the senses he was born with. He can see the landscape ahead and to the left and right. The instrument panel is before him and the controls are in his hands and at his feet. He can tell how fast his plane is going by the gauges and if his attitude is correct and if there is enough fuel. His inner ear is in tune with the gauges and he is comfortable with how everything is working together, then, everything changes.
Now, he is in a cloud and cannot see ahead or to the right or left, anything but milk. For all purposes, he is blindfolded and that is when the disorientation phenomenon occurs. He is forced to look at the instruments and they tell him one thing and his inner ear is telling him something entirely different. He wants to trust his inner ear. His natural self is telling him to trust his inner ear and my pilot son tells me that if he does, he is doomed because there is no truth to measure against - just feelings.
To dispel the disorientation you must force yourself to keep checking the instruments, all the gauges and calculate according to what they are telling you and ignore what your inner ear is telling you. Your mind judging and calculating the truths that the instruments are telling you helps you overcome what your natural self is telling you. The instruments will save you, if you count on them.
As Proverbs 3:5 and 6 tells us: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." The Lord has given us His Word to direct our paths and when the day is clear and the weather is good, we usually just use our natural senses to move ahead. We can see ahead, well, a little bit ahead, and to our left and right and we make plans based on our observations and goals and move forward. We don't see the need to check in on the instrument of God's Word.
But, life is not always fine and dandy and we can find ourselves in 'milk' instantly and we are forced to decide whether to use our natural inclinations or to check the truth of God's Word. Our natural self fights to be in control and we want to trust our inner feelings, but we are doomed to failure if we do.
We may be disoriented a bit, but as we force our minds to check the Word and make calculations based on God's word, we will successfully get through the 'milk'.
Why do you think that God's Word has survived all the attacks on it for thousands of years? Why do you think God has saved it? Because it is ultimately important for our survival and it is there waiting on you to read it and believe it and prove it.
Have you checked your instrument panel, today?
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