Recently there was man who made the news because he jumped
from the edge of the atmosphere to earth.
A crazy feat, indeed, but he reached the ground safely. To get up there he went on a hot air
balloon. But, to come back down he just
had to let gravity pull him down. How
can this be? The story goes that an
apple fell on Sir Isaac Newton’s head and he asked himself, “Why do things
fall?” He did some research and what he found
he called the Laws of Gravity. The
dictionary defines gravity as the gravitational attraction of the mass of the
earth, the moon, or a planet for bodies at or near its surface. It is a fundamental physical force that is
responsible for interactions which occur because of the mass between particle and
the likes.
Gravity forces all things to behave in a certain way. The moon orbits around the earth because of
gravity. Likewise, all planets orbit
around the Sun because of gravity. The
moon’s gravity pulls the water in its direction creating the change in
tides. We do not go around floating
because of gravity. It is a force that
pulls us down and everything else toward the planet. Because of gravity we get the expression “What
goes up must come down.” And, when they
come down they typically break. Just ask
anyone that has fallen from a tree or another high place. Many have suffered
broken bones due to falls, some even die.
This is why learning how to fall is so important to tight rope walkers
and tumblers. So, we can conclude that
we do not feel or know about gravity until we are trying to break away from
it.
Yet, some things manage to go up and come down without
harm. Many creatures fly. To fly mean to move in or pass through the
air with wings. This means that these
creatures can break the force that attracts them toward the earth, by moving
through the air with wings. Man has
found a way to make objects that can also break the force of attraction. Planes and rockets have been built to fly
around the planet and fly out of the planet.
This means that a stronger force than gravity is required to elevate the
object and keep them from falling on the ground. This you feel when the plane is taking
off. This also means that a stronger
force is actually at work when the objects go down in such a way that the
object remains pretty much intact in it reaches the ground. This you feel when the place is landing. So, objects and creatures do not know gravity
control them. And, even objects that fly
are limited by gravity. A bird must move
its wings to stay flying. A plane needs
a moving helix or turbine to create the momentum to fly. This requires mechanical parts moved by fuel
created combustion. No fuel, you fall.
So, you have one power that pulls you in, and to pull away
you need a stronger power than the one pulling you in. Sin pulls us in, it overpowers us. And, just like most objects and creatures do
not even know about is this power pulling them in, Sin keeps a hold of us and
we do not even know it. That is until we are trying to pull away from
it. You will never succeed breaking away
from Sin unless you have something more powerful than Sin to pull you out. It is no wonder that Paul talks about sin in
terms of bondage (Galatians
4:3). How can we spiritually
fly? We need spiritual wings, helix or
turbines, and fuel to make them work; and enough fuel to keep us elevated. Paul in Ephesians 2 gives us an answer,
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were
dead in trespasses and sins;
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to
the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Ephesians 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and
of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us,
Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Christ, by His Grace, has equipped us to spiritually fly. Through the Holy Spirit we are given all we
need to lift off earth, and remain on the air.
And, we need not worry about fuel.
The power to keep us flying is given to us also. We can conclude this from the following
verses,
Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power (“dunamis”) - ability,
efficiency and might - when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be
My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends - the very
bounds - of the earth” (AMP.).
Ephesians 3:20 “Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably
more than all we can ask or conceive, by the power (“dunamis”) which is at work
among us . . .” (NEB).
God has given us an infinite amount of fuel to spiritually
fly for eternity.
