But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and a lot of attention was given to a bird–a dead turkey! Well, this is a new day and I want to call your attention to another bird–the mighty eagle. I just happened to read the following words in Turning Point magizine. Here’s some food for thought—
After watching the bald eagle in flight, some people are surprised to learn that Thomas Jefferson wanted to make the wild turkey the American national bird. While turkeys are beautiful in their own way, they cannot soar like the eagle. It is the eagle’s seven-foot wingspan and 7,000 lightweight (featherweight) feathers that allow it to rise thousands of feet into the air with seemingly no effort.
It is not the eagle’s ability to fly that takes it higher and higher but its ability to capture the rising thermal updrafts under its outstretched wings. The prophet Isaiah must have watched eagles soar over Israel since he used them as an illustration of the one who waits (hopes) on the Lord. It is not our strength that will carry us higher and farther, but the Lord’s. Our responsibility is to spread our wings of faith and let His strength take us where we could never go on our own. If you are falling, failing, or feeling weak, exercise your hope in the Lord; and allow His strength to lift you up.
Soaring by faith means setting your sights on heights you could never reach without God’s help.
