Deut. 32:11-13
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him [Israel], and there was no strange god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields…”
• DAILY READING – 1 Corinthians 3; 1 Kings 15:33-16:34; Joel 3
Learning to fly is never easy. Airplane pilots must undergo intensive training in order to learn how to fly. It is a very complicated business, but such training is altogether necessary. You can walk by common sense; you can run by following principles; but to fly, you must fly by instructions. That is why Aviation school teachers are called instructors, not professors. Therefore to experience a glorious flight this year, we must be trained to fly by instructions. Divine instructions are delivered in the place of prayer. It is our depth in the place of prayer that will determine how high we can fly. When we are rightly positioned in the place of fellowship, we are trained by The Spirit to follow His instructions that will lead us to the heights God has ordained for us.
Before eagles can fly to great heights, they go through a rigorous training. At first, young eagles are fearful to leave their nests. They would rather stay back in their nest which is safe, and secure. And they may not understand why their mother would want them to leave their comfort zone to begin to learn how to fly.
This may be the same thoughts that go through a believer’s mind when God begins to move him out of the comfort zone of a shallow prayer life, to a deeper place of intimacy with The Spirit. He may wonder why he needs to get out of a warm bed at 5am to pray, or why he would deny himself a good meal, in order to fast.
But no eagle can develop its wings while still in the nest. Left on their own, eagles never learn how to fly and may even end up on the floor like the chickens, who are imprisoned in chicken coops until the day of their slaughter. But when eagles are taught to fly, they soar far above, where no enemy can reach or touch them. They attain to heights far above other birds.
Deut. 32:11-13 says “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the LORD alone did lead him [Israel], and there was no strange god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields…”
This verse describes the process a mother eagle follows to teach her young ones to attain to great heights. She begins to “stir up the nest’, by making it uncomfortable, so that sticks and sharp ends stick out of the nest, ruining the eaglet’s “comfort zone.” Then she begins to “flutter her wings” at the youngsters, beating on them, harassing them, and driving them to the edge of the nest. Then she “spreads her wings” for one of the little eagles to climb onto her back. As the eaglet climbs on her back and hangs on for dear life, she launches out into sky, and begins to fly, carrying the eagle on her back. When all seems safe and serene, suddenly, without any warning, the mother eagle dives, plummeting downward, causing the eaglet to fall off her back and begin a free fall tumbling down through the sky. But just before it hits the ground, in a flash the mother catches the little one on her back. Again the mother flies high and drops the eaglet, managing to catch it again just before it hits the ground. This process is repeated with each of her young ones, over and over, until they learn how to use their wings. And finally one day, they are able to soar like true eagles in the sky. The same way, in order to fly high, we must be willing to be trained by The Spirit. We must leave our comfort zone, into deeper depths of prayer. God is calling us to ‘come up hither’. God wants us to rise to the place where we are seated far above with Christ.
Do not limit yourself. God has put within you the ability to rise and soar. You have what it takes to become the spiritual high flyer God desires you to be. Indeed through Christ you can do all things. Like the eagle, you are created for the topmost place, you do not belong to the floor like the chicken. There are divine deposits embedded in you, awaiting manifestation. You are stronger, better and greater than you ever imagined. Therefore arise in fervent prayer and begin to ascend to the spiritual height God has ordained for you. Indeed God is committed to ensuring you manifest the wonder potentials in you. But for that to happen, you must be willing to submit to the training of The Spirit, in the place of prayer.
PRAYER: Lord, please grant me the grace and ability to leave my comfort Zone, and move into a deeper place of intimacy with Your Spirit. Please teach me to fly by instructions. By the leadings of The Spirit, take me to the heights You have ordained for me this year in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
God is preparing you for the season He prepared your breakthrough. – WORDBITE 222.
[ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS].