MY FRIENDS, DO YOU NOT KNOW? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD?

Feb. 6, 2015

MY FRIENDS, DO YOU NOT KNOW? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD?

When an eagle is born and get’s to a certain size, or maturity, by observation they recognize the usefulness of their wings and what separates them from a chicken who only flaps in a never ending and motionless pursuit to fly but never.

When the baby first arrives and finds itself in a massive nest, It is lost, it can’t see over the top. That’s when the mother gives her child stability, a steady routine, constant nourishment, all the things you pour into a child at birth which allows them to grow to adulthood.

The child does not instinctively know how to fly, like all children they have to be taught, but mostly they learn by watching other eagles soaring in the sky, as they realize that is my destiny as the mothers amazing tenacity shows her young, this is what I want you to do, this is where I need you to go, these are the heights I need you to achieve.

Paul tells us in 1 Cor. 11:1 (KJV) “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” Because in the end it is all about Christ and what we must do to accomplish His will, not ours. “Do you not know? Have you not heard?  The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired.

His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.” Isaiah 40:28-31 (NASV)

My friends, “In an eagles five year development to adulthood, they go through one of the most varied plumage changes of any North American bird. During its first four weeks of life, an eaglet’s fluffy white down changes to a gray wooly down.

At about five weeks, brown and black feathers begin to grow. It becomes fully feathered at 10 weeks of age. In its first year, the mostly dark-colored juvenile can often be mistaken as a golden eagle. However, the bald eagle progressively changes until it reaches adult plumage at five years.” (Southwestern Bald Eagle Management Committee)

As the eagle goes through the various stages from birth to maturity, so the  Creator has planed the renewing process of his chosen generation “My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.” Isaiah 46:10-11 (NKJV)

My friends God tells us those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength, like the eagle there is a process a transformation that can only happen through His Spirit. In addition, each of God’s children are different.

Maturity comes at different stages throughout one’s life, but what is important to the child of God who seeks life eternal and to everyone who waits for the Lord, we will all cross into the promise land if we have faith and endure, together.

And as we enter those pearly gates and walk by the “river of life, we will notice it is clear as crystal and it proceeds from the throne of God and of the Lamb. And as we walk in the middle of those golden streets, with the tree of life on both sides, we will all cry out, “Alleluia! heaven is cheap enough.”

My friends have you not known, have you not heard, Our Savior is “coming quickly! And blessed is the man and woman who says in his heart “not my will but thy will be done” and carries their cross daily, for when He gets here His reward will be with Him, to give to each person according to what they have done.” Rev. 22:12 (NIV)

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY