The Eagle…Perpetual regeneration… Do you need a 7-year makeover? We are told that the Eagle must renew itself every seven years. Its mighty wings become laden with oil and dirt, cracked and worn with use. Its beak and talons become calcified and brittle. Then it is that the Eagle retires to a cave or hiding place high beyond the reach of predators. There he begins an arduous process of renewal. With his great beak, he pulls out his mighty wing feathers one by one, and then each talon, claw by claw. Until at last, having neither talons nor feathers, he is defenseless except for his great beak, which he then begins to bash against the rocks, until it too is broken off, piece by piece. There he trusts and waits until beak, talons, and feathers have regrown. Eagles embrace times of vulnerability and change and see within them the seeds of new opportunities. What others see as risk, the Eagle sees as opportunity.
Do you feel like you are vulnerable? Do you see your waiting as a new opportunity? If we are not vulnerable and willing to wait on God we may miss out on the new opportunities that God has in store for us. We have to be willing for a change and that means making ourselves vulnerable, but if we are willing to wait on God there will come a day when all of a sudden, out of nowhere there comes a new anointing of strength and power. We are able to face new challenges and new opportunities with the strength and anointing that comes from God.
How Eagles Fly… An eagles wings are long and broad, making them effective for soaring. To help reduce turbulence as air passes over the end of the wing, the tips of the feathers at the end of the wings are tapered so that when the eagle fully extends its wings, the tips are widely separated. To help them soar, eagles use thermals, which are rising currents of warm air and updrafts generated by terrain, such as valley edges or mountain slopes. Soaring is accomplished with very little wing flapping, enabling then to conserve energy. Long distance migration flights are accomplished by climbing high in a thermal, and then gliding downward to catch the next thermal, where the process is repeated.
You will be able to catch one thermal after another and continue to soar higher and higher in the things of God over all kinds of terrain. It doesn’t matter if it is a mountaintop or a valley. You will be able to soar like an eagle.
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I love the story about the Eagle's regeneration. I had never heard that before. Right now I am going through a transition and it is comforting to know that God occasionally strips away everything in order to make something new.
ReplyDeleteYour words have been prophetic for me today. Bless You!
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ReplyDeleteI am grateful to know that this post ministered to you. The process can be painful, but the results can be beautiful. Thanks!
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