Guard Your Heart

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!