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their instruments. Otherwise they would surely, surely crash. They
could become disoriented if they suddenly lost " faith."
{And that
faith has to be written with a small " f", certainly in lower case.)
They must rely upon those instruments which have been built into the
panel by the airplane manufacturer.
So, too, we must have faith in God and fly, in essence, by His
instruments. I always remember that even the disciples asked and
prayed for faith. You will recall how inadequate they felt when
Christ told them that it was necessary for each of them to have
unlimited forgiveness. And they had doubts about their own capacity
or their own adequacy to even approach the reaches of divine
compassion. And they turned to Him and they said, "Increase our
faith."
So, too, we must turn to Hirn in daily prayer and in the attitude
basically that "Lord I believe, but help my unbelief." This is the
way toward a newer, and better life.