Psalm 34:5

• ‘They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.’

• DAILY READING -1 Corinthians 6; 1 Kings 19; Amos 3:3-4:3
Eagles are the only creatures that can look directly into the sun. They have two sets of eyelids. One is used for hunting while the other is used while flying directly towards the sun. The ability to look into the sun is very important to the eagle. As a matter of fact, it is part of the criteria used by a mother eagle to test its young. When young eaglets are born, as a test of worthiness, the mother eagle holds them up facing the sun. The birds that cannot stare into the sun are cast out of the nest. Only eaglets with ability to look to the sun are deemed true eagles.

The eagle’s ability to look into the sun is used in battle as an advantage over its enemies. And being king of the air, the eagle has many enemies. Its number one enemy is a bird called the Condor. The Condor is the world’s heaviest flying bird of prey. They can weigh over 25 pounds, and have a wingspan of about 10 feet, while eagles have only about 7 foot wing span. 

However, Condors lack the grace, strength and beauty of the eagle. Unlike the eagle that feeds on fresh meat, condors feed on dead animals. The Condor hates the eagle. So where ever an eagle flies it must be on the look out for its enemy, the Condor. 

In battle, the Condor will try to claw the eagle, but the eagle doesn’t stay and fight, rather it mounts up and begins to fly. And it doesn’t fly back to its nest, nor go to the left or right, instead, it flies directly towards the sun. When an eagle  flies directly towards the sun, no other bird can reach it, because other birds lack its ability to look into the sun. So as the Condor tries to catch the eagle, it is soon blinded by the sun and has to turn away and fall off.

Psalm 34:5  says ‘They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.’ 

When we look to the sun of righteousness, who is the son of God  we will always have the victory in battle. The deeper we go towards the light, the more every agent of darkness departs from us. According to John 1:5, the light shines in darkness and darkness cannot comprehend it.

We are redeemed as spiritual eagles to soar where others struggle: we are redeemed to soar where others sweat; No arrow can target an eagle successfully because it flies beyond where it can be reached. Likewise, no force of the wicked can truncate our glorious destiny in Christ. 

However, though we are redeemed to live above limitations, we need an understanding of our redemptive rights in Christ, so that we do not become cheap preys to the enemy.

Our place of victory in every battle is flying high towards the light. Whenever we are confronted we need to rise and go for light in The Word of God.  This is because the dominion of light over darkness is instant and unquestionable. The established order is, whenever light appears darkness must disappear. Actually darkness is nothing but absence of light. And whenever you intensify your light, darkness will instantly leave. Therefore whatever may be confronting you today, go towards the light. Go deep into the Word of God. Study until you receive the light of revelation that will shatter every darkness. 

Psalm 119:130 says ‘The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.’

When you are illuminated by the word of God, you dominate your circumstances without stress. Indeed we have been redeemed to operate in the realm of unlimited possibilities. And we engage the light through violent declarations of God’s Word for the delivery of our redemptive blessings. 

Our place of victory is dwelling in the light. Indeed When your life is hid in Christ and Christ is hid in God, then you become totally inaccessible to every darkness. 
PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to always focus on your Word so that my life can be filled with Your light. I know indeed that as I dwell in your light no darkness can ever access me in Jesus Name. .   
QUOTE 
It is only when you can see God in the light of who He truly is that you can begin to walk in the overflow of His blessings. – WORDBITE 222. 
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