Inclination and Attitudes

You gently tip your skis over the brow of the hill. All of a suddengravity takes hold. Swoosh. Down the slope you go.It’s a steep incline.You’re a novice. You don’t know how to stop. Trees fly by. Suddenly, ahuge soft drift engulfs you like a soft glove. Whew!

You are looking at the silhouette of a small plane from behind. Thesilhouette bobs below the horizontal line in the instrument. The nose ofthe plane is down. You pull back on the wheel slightly. The little planein the instrument shoots above the line. You’re headed up too fast. Youpush back on the wheel to level the plane. The instrument shows theplane’s attitude, whether the nose is up or down.

The Bible talks about the attitude or inclination of our hearts. "Havethis attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus" (Philippians2:5). A sinful inclination of heart speeds down the slope of sin andrebellion unable to stop before the fatal crash. The sinful attitude ofheart also noses downward, away from heaven.

When we are inclined toward evil and have an affection for sin, we do notchange paths. God must catch us in the soft gloves of His abundant grace.God must pull back on the wheel of our lives and level off our flight.

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