“As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings.” (Deuteronomy 32:11)
Have you ever seen an eagle stir up her nest? There in the nest, right upon the rocky heights, are the eaglets. The eaglets are comfortable. The nest is nice and comfy and the mother eagle feeds them everyday while they lay there and relax....THEN ONE DAY...The mother eagle comes and, takes hold of them, and flings them out of the nest. They were so comfortable there, but she flings them right out of the nest, high above the earth. They begin to fall. They never have been in air before; they have always been in the nest.
Has the mother eagle lost her mind?! Why does she disturb the eaglets?
Watch her and you will understand. As long as you look at the struggling eaglets in the air you miss the point.
Watch the eagle. Having stirred up her nest, she “spreadeth abroad her wings,” the wings that beat the air behind her as she rises HIGH ABOVE IT. Where are the eaglets? Struggling, Terrified, and Falling...
The mother eagle is superior yet...they are falling. Then what does she do? She “beareth them on her pinions.” She SWOOPS beneath them, catches them on her wings, and bears them up. Wait...What is she doing you ask? She is teaching them to fly. She then drops them again, and again while they struggle in the air, but THIS TIME not so helplessly. They are finally realizing what she means. She spreads her pinions to show them how to fly, and as they fall again, she catches them again. That is how God deals with you and me.
Has He been stirring up your nest? Has He flung you out until you feel lost in an element that is new and strange? Look up at Him. He is not lost. He spreads out the wings of omnipotence to teach us how to soar. What then? He comes beneath us and catches us on His wings. We thought when He flung us out of the nest it was unkind. No, He was teaching us to fly that we might enter into the spirit of the promise, “They shall mount up with wings as eagles.” (Isaiah 40:31)
He is teaching us how to use the gifts which He has placed in us. We cannot use these gifts as long as we are in the nest.
Eaglets cannot remain in the nest! It is contrary to their nature, contrary to the purposes for which they are framed and fitted. You'll never realize the power within you if you were never cast out into uncharted territory. There is a purpose in the eagle. What is it you ask? It is to fly to great heights.
There is a purpose in your life. What is it? Fly Godward and eventually heavenward. If you stop in the nest you will never get there. When God has placed his hand on your life and starts to lead you, it is a disruption to your dreams and plans. It is a disturbance but it is a PROGRESSIVE disturbance so that He may get you on His wings and teach you the secret forces of your own life, and lead you to a higher development and higher purposes.
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