Happy Dance

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(Deut. 32:11-12)

"As an eagle stirs up its nest, and hovers over its young; as it spreads its wings, takes them up, and bears them aloft on its pinions, the Lord alone guided him."

“The Eagle gently coaxed her offspring towards the edge of the nest. Her heart quivered with conflicting emotions as she felt their resistance to her persistent nudging…..why does the thrill of soaring, have to begin with the fear of falling? she thought.

Below, there was nothing but air to support the wings of each child, is it possible that this time it may not work and this child may fall? Despite her reservations the eagle knows when the time is right for her child to leave the nest and test their wings to learn to soar. There remains one last task for her in their upbringing….            The Push.

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Isn’t this a picture of us all as God’s children? Our God draws us to Him by His Holy Spirit and we are born again, we are babes in Christ and we now need to be raised and nurtured to grow in Him. He feeds us, teaches us, protects us, strengthening us, until one day He sees the time is right for us to learn to soar in faith with Him in the spirit. He is going to push us from our nest.

We all, each of us have to one day leave our comfort zone in order to grow and learn to soar in faith with Him.

The eagle knew that unless her children discovered their wings and learnt to soar they would never know the privilege it was to be born an eagle. The most important and loving gift she could give her children was to push them from the nest, and her faith was rewarded when they flew, her children had grown up.

We can get so comfortable in our nests allowing our Father to do all for us, then one day He says I want you to learn to fly, to soar like the eagle, and in His love He pushes us from the nest. He does see our fears, and He does feel our pain at the time, but in His great love for us, He does what is best for us.

This is the only way we can learn what a privilege it is to be born again as a child of God. To learn all He has for our lives. This happens time and time again, each time we get too comfortable in our nest He pushes us from our comfort zone. Because that is the only way we can learn to soar.

Have no fear at this time, have faith in Him, because He knows each of us intimately He will always do what is best for us.

We may find things hard during these times, and even painful, but it is a time of much growth and learning. And then one day our eyes are opened and we see and feel the joy of that soaring. Those times are so precious. And then we will mount up with wings as eagles.

(Isaiah 40:31)
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."

In His Love

Les