Ps 92:12

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

 DAILY READING – Hebrews 9:23-10:18; Exodus 9:1-10:29; Proverbs 3

 There is a wonderful lesson for us to learn from the way an eagle approaches a storm. Did you know that an eagle can detect when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? It will actually fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm.

Isn’t that remarkable? While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above. It does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. What an extraordinary way to deal with adversity!

God is preparing a people for His glory, a mighty army on the face of the earth. They are a strong race, people who will not bow to any opposition. Whatever they face, they will take the licking and still keep ticking.

When the storms of life come upon us, we, too, can rise above them. We can lift ourselves above adversity by setting our minds and our hearts toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us any more than they overcome the eagle. We can allow God’s power to lift us above them.

Furthermore, the storms (or trials) of life can actually help us in our walk of faith. This is because they build something in us that will be a part of our lives forever. Notice what Paul wrote to the congregation at Corinth. “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory” (2 Corinthians 4:17).

Here is something to think about. When the eagle flies above the storm, he is in a sense overcoming it. But he does so in a most interesting way. He uses the strength of the storm to rise above it.

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to soar in the storm

Storms make people stronger and never last forever. No matter the kind of storms that come your way, know that you are undefeatable. You have what it takes to rise above the storm and soar free above. As part of the army God is raising in this end-time, understand that your case is different. You are built to last. So no matter what you are facing now, understand the stronger one lives in you, and because He lives, you shall live also. Keep your root grounded in the Word of God, and you will only grow stronger as the storm rages.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to stand strong despite the fierce winds of oppositions. I thank you for the grace to always rise stronger and better. 

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True success is not verifiable in the fact a man has never fallen before but rather in the fact that he did not only fall but also got up- WORDBITE 222.

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]