May 28, 1987 found Matthias Rust [19] taking off from the Helsinki,
Finland airport in a small Cessna aircraft. He flew 400 miles through
some of the most guarded Soviet airspace. He was "shadowed" several time
by Soviet MIG jets but no one want an attempt to stop him. He
eventually lands his small Cessna aircraft in Red Square by the Kremlin.
The
event proved to be an immense embarrassment to the Soviet government and
military.
To make matters worse it was on THAT day Russia was honoring the Border
Force of Russia, which protects Russian's borders. While the whole
country was focused on celebrating the Russian guards, a teenage amateur
pilot was able to breach their border unchallenged.
The repercussions in the Soviet Union were immediate. Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev sacked his minister of defense, and the entire Russian
military was humiliated by Rust's flight into Moscow. Many political
analysts believe this event was the beginning of the fall of Communist
Russia. And it was all because they did not effectively guard their
borders.
Proverbs 4:23 says, "Guard your heart above all else,for it determines the course of your life."
King Solomon, who wrote the Book of Proverbs, was credited to be the
wisest man that ever lived. It would be prudent for us to heed his
warning. Guard your heart!
