It is called a mega ship in a mega industry producing mega bucks. The Costa Concordia is 1000 feet long, and loaded with a half-million gallons of fuel. More importantly, it had over 4,000 passengers on board! Less than five years old, it had all the sophisticated equipment to aid in traveling the seas of the world in safety. So what happened? All fingers point at the captain who made what the ship's owner called, "an unapproved, unauthorized maneuver", diverting the ship from the programmed course.
Would you travel on a liner after this disaster? I would in a minute. I made my first trip last year and it was wonderful. I felt safe all the way. Perhaps that was a false sense of security. These giants ships have one big fault, potentially. It can be the captain. He can over-rule good judgement and charted waters and reports of dangerous seas. He has supreme control of his ship. It has always been that way on the high seas. This captain in Italy apparently diverted from the course tried and true to "do his own thing", and disaster struck.
Who is at the helm as you sail the seas of life? There has to be a captain. Are you piloting your own ship? Do you allow anyone or any thing to chart the course? Is he/she capable enough for you to place your very life in his/her trust? Does he know the destination and how to get there through all circumstances? These are things worth thinking about.
This old gospel song comes to mind:
Sometimes when my faith would falter
and no sunlight I can see.
I just lift my eyes to Jesus
And I whisper, "Pilot me.".
"Fear thou not, for I am with thee,
I will still thy Pilot be."
Never mind the tossing billows,
Take My Hand, and trust in Me."
It is wise to check to see who is at the helm of your life.
