Even They
Scripture References: Joshua 7:2-5; 1 Corinthians 10:12
George Morar made his first parachute jump in Korea when his plane went down behind enemy lines. It saved his life. In 1983 he made his last jump from a small plane over northern California. It killed him. The plane he and three other sky divers shared flew from the field of the instruction school lie owned. At 5,600 feet the divers were preparing to jump when, suddenly, Morar’s reserve chute burst open, billowed outside the craft, and tangled in the plane’s tail, instantly plunging it into a nose-dive.
He should have dived out instinctively after the chute, but instead he grabbed frantically for the chute, trying to pull it back in. Why this pioneer of parachuting panicked and ignored all his own teachings and experience we will never know. For when he finally jumped, the reserve chute ripped off, and a wind gust or contact with the plane tore away his main chute as well. After nearly 3,000 jumps, an incredible blunder cost his life.
It is a warning to us all. We never get so good, so intelligent, or so experienced that we are invulnerable to foolish, deadly mistakes. Just when we think we have grown beyond a certain temptation, we find ourselves falling to it. When we feel mature enough to capably handle any crisis, a small problem renders us helpless. David had reached the zenith of his career and seemed invincible; then, one fateful night, he walked out on his balcony . . .
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 