A great verse in the Bible that is both a comfort, and a promise to the child of God is found in Isaiah 40:31 “But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
On his daily devotional page Dr. Jack Graham wrote on this verse, and I quote him here as it is so well written:
"I heard about a little eaglet who was injured when he fell out of his nest and was adopted by a group of turkeys. The eagle grew up thinking he was a turkey. He was raised by turkeys, lived with turkeys, and he acted like turkeys!
"But one day, that eaglet discovered that he really was an eagle after all and that he was made to soar. So he began to flap his wings. And after struggling for some time, he finally caught wind, took off, and soared into the sky like he was always meant to do!"
As a believer in Christ, God made you to soar in the heavens! He has blessed us in Christ Jesus in the heavenly places. Yet, so many believers I talk with today are stuck on the ground, like that little eaglet, and are content with living their lives among the turkeys instead of soaring with the eagles.
As you read this, maybe you feel like God wants to do something great in your life, but you just haven’t seen it happen yet. Perhaps it’s because you have yet to flap your wings and catch the life God wants for you.
If you want to soar, take the first step out in faith and trust God will raise you up!
Instead of living your life on the ground, step out in faith, allow God to lift you up, and soar in the heavens
Too often we forget who we are, as people who follow Jesus Christ. We are not made to live our life on the ground. We are people who are made to soar with God up in the heavens. It is also a reminder to us that the earth is not a permanent place for us. We are waiting our true home, in heaven, the place that Jesus said He went to prepare for us, so that we could be with Him, forever.
Albert E. Brumley wrote a hymn that some of us are familiar with:
This world is not my home I’m just passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore
O Lord you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven’s not my home then Lord what will I do?
The angels beckon me from Heaven’s open door
And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore
Until we get there, may we remember to lift up our eyes to the Lord, from where our help comes. To the One who said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” The One who said “My peace I give unto you.” The Lord our God, who gives strength to us when we are weary so that we can continue on, and not give up.
– Dan Daase, New Life Assembly Church
