Distracted FLYING is a Threat to Your Safety

Is this a funny coincidence!? A week ago today I posted a blog about the danger of distracted driving (Tuesday, October 20) and today in USA Today is a lead story on the Northwest Airline pilots who overflew their destination by 150 miles. The article is entitled “Distraction led pilots to fly too far.” Immediately, I thought of another spiritual application for the issue of distraction—missing our DESTINATION.

The word “destination” means not only the predetermined end of a journey, but also means the ultimate end or purpose for which something or someone is created or destined. Our “end purpose/destination” was predetermined—that we would be conformed to the image of Jesus! (Ro. 8:29). The ultimate consequence of distracted living—a divided mind, lack of focus, wrong mindset—is missing our destination—not a place—not heaven, but the life of Jesus. He is the ultimate reason, the purpose for being.

Distractions can keep us from spending time with Jesus, developing His friendship, learning to hear His voice—all of which are necessary if we are to reach our destination—our full life in Jesus. Without it, we end up with something else—mere human existence!

Finally, Paul warns that distraction—a lack of single-mindedness—may result in our disqualification in the race (1 Cor. 9:24-27), a reference to the loss of rewards: “Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward” (1 John 8). At the end of our race, we will reach our destination—we will be with Jesus; we will be like Jesus (1 John3:2). Don’t you want to arrive with a full reward because you lived a life of undivided attention to Him (1 Cor. 11:3)?