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Looking at the airline industry…

May 5th, 2010 by Administrator

I am currently sitting on a Westjet plane en route to Calgary. Listening to my iPod and enjoying a bag of snacks, I was reading an Economist article that talked about the volcano in Iceland that disrupted the airline operations in Europe for a few days. And I see on my twitter feed that Porter Airlines is planning on going public.

We often think of the airline industry as the bain of our existence. No one likes it. Once in the 20th century, it was considered to be the best representation of the capabilities of man — families traveled to the airports just to get a glimpse of these flying machines, and as you may have seen in Catch Me if You Can, pilots once enjoyed the respect of the entire society. All of that air travel glamour is lost.

But, even the work of the airline industry is good work, according to God.

We explored about a year ago that we glorify God through our work. Work glorifies God because through it, we express our love for the common good. Doesn’t that sound great? Our good God, who allows his grace to be poured out not only on believers, but the whole world, allows you and me to express His goodness to the world through the work that He has called us to.

The Airline Industry allow us to travel to places that no one has even dared to go. We now enjoy being able to see and visit our friends and family with relative ease. We can do business with those who are far away. Even those of us who don’t liked to fly gain the benefits of eating fresh fruit and vegetables that 100 years ago we wouldn’t have enjoyed. Think about it– because of the airline industry, believers can travel to places where the Gospel hasn’t reached. Just 150 years ago, we had to rely on ships to cross across the ocean. Without the airline industry, I wouldn’t be here in North America!

Through our frustrations as we experienced the disruption of flight during the volcanic activity, we can easily diss even more how frustrating flying is. But, by viewing that all work is good work, God helps us to see the beauty in all of our work. God called us to work, for the betterment of the society.

Now it’s your turn. Share with us, how is your industry/vocation good work?