Proverbs 15:24 KJV

24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

DAILY READING –   1 Corinthians 5; 1 Kings 18; Amos 2:1-3:2
To fly high, you must pass through a necessary process of preparation.

Indeed it is our year of Eagle’s flight, but we must understand that there is always a price to pay to arise  to greater heights. 

An eagle goes through a season of rigorous preparation before it can fly high. Eagles are lonely creatures. They fly alone, because not every bird can go through the rigorous training the eagle undergoes to attain to great heights. 

If indeed your desire is to be at the top this year, then you must be willing to pay the price of preparation. You must be willing to go through the process where  God purges  and prepares you for the heights ahead. 

Preparation demands discipline, self-denial, sacrifice, and restrains. You cannot go up without first overcoming the limiting forces that try to keep you down. These limiting forces could be sin and fleshly tendencies. 

Proverbs 15:24 KJV says ‘The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.’

So the forces of hell operate beneath. And you need to overcome them before you can arise. 

Challenges always come at the point of growth or moving to a new level. When you get into a seat on an airplane, what is the first thing you are told? Fasten your seat belt. Why? Because you are about to go up, in other words, brace yourself for the turbulence. In the same way, when you are about to move to your next level of accomplishment, you must fasten your spiritual seat belts because you must endure the turbulence of change. 

Galatians 6:9 says ‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’

The pains of preparation will always end in the gains of manifestation. Butterflies are one of Nature’s most beautiful and amazing creatures. They fly and float beautifully in the air. But this is only after they have  gone through a long metamorphic process. A moth will not become a beautiful butterfly until it has endured the struggle through the tiny hole in its cocoon. When a moth is struggling to get through the hole it is actually forcing the fluid from its body into its wings. Without the struggle the wings will not get the necessary fluid to grow, without the struggle the butterfly’s wings would never be strong enough to function and fly. And without flight the butterfly will not be able to survive. 

Therefore preparation must always precede manifestation. It doesn’t take time to manifest but it takes time to prepare. When people see you rising and soaring they may not understand the price you paid in the place of preparation. 

Preparation is the fundamental key in the school of success. 

2 Chronicles 27:6. Says ‘So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.’

You either prepare to succeed or subscribe to regret. One thing is sure, God has ordained the eagle’s flight for your lifting, but you might not get anything from it if you don’t adequately prepare. This is why God is calling you to re-organize yourself for maximum impact this season.

It is only those who have paid their due, in preparation that becomes due for manifestation.

To get to where God wants us to be, we must be willing to go through the required process.  It is impossible to get from where we are to where we are going without making a transition. To ascend to the height God has for us we must be willing to go through the process of transition. And God is more interested in the process than in our comfort.  We need to realize that God is taking us somewhere. He is repositioning us. And even when we face storms, we must also remember that the storm is not the destination but the pathway to a destination. But no matter what process God passes us through, according to Romans 8:28 All things are working together for our good, because we  love God, and are called according to His purpose.

So on this eagle’s flight, be willing to embrace the process of preparation, because God won’t project you unless He has first prepared you.

 

PRAYER: Father please help me to submit to  the process that will prepare me for my next level.  Please destroy every force of limitation in my life so that I can rise to the place you have mapped out for me in this season in Jesus Name.

QUOTE : 

To get into the next level of your life, God will always give a specific instruction. – WORDBITE 222. 

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