MOUNTING UP WITH WINGS AS THE EAGLE (SUNDAY FLIGHT BY PASTOR EMMANUEL BABA ISIAKA
THE SHEPHERDS BUGLE CALLING THE FLOCKS TO ORDER: MOUNTING UP WITH WINGS AS THE EAGLE
MOUNTING UP
WITH WINGS AS THE EAGLE
by Pastor Emmanuel Baba Isiaka
"Have you not known?
Hath it not been told you from the beginning?
Have ye not understood from the foundation of the earth? Isaiah 40:21
Hast thou not know?
Hast thou not heard?
That the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
fainteth not, neither is weary?
There is no searching of His understanding.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth
strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount
up with wings as EAGLES.
They shall run, and not be weary and.
They shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:28-31
Inspirations of the "7 principles of an Eagle
Be inspired as you read the article.
1. Eagles fly alone at a high altitude and not with sparrows or mix with other
smaller birds. Birds of a feather flock together. No other bird goes to the
height of the eagle. Eagles fly with eagles. Never in a flock. Even when Moses
(Old Testament Bible) went to commune with God on the mountain, he left the
crowd at the foothills. Stay away from sparrows and ravens. Eagles fly with
eagles.
2. Eagles have strong vision, which focuses up to 5 kilometers from the
air. When an eagle sites prey- even a rodent from this distance, he narrows his
focus on it and sets out to get it. No matter the obstacle, the eagle will not
move his focus from the prey until he grabs it. Have a vision and remain
focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.
3. Eagles do not eat dead things. He feeds on fresh prey. Vultures eat dead
animals but not eagles. Steer clear of outdated and old information. Do your
research well always.
4. The Eagle is the only bird that loves the storm. When clouds gather, the
eagles get excited. The eagle uses the wings of the storm to rise and is pushed
up higher. Once it finds the wing of the storm, the eagle stops flapping and
uses the pressure of the raging storm to soar the clouds and glide. This gives
the eagle an opportunity to rest its wings.! In the meantime all the other
birds hide in the leaves and branches of the trees. We can use the storms of
our lives (obstacles, trouble, etc) to rise to greater heights. Achievers
relish challenges and use them profitably.
5. The Eagle tests before it trusts. When a female eagle meets a male and they
want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursing her and she picks a
twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her. Once she has
reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and
watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls,
the faster he chases until he reaches it and has to catch it before it falls to
the ground, then bring it back to the female eagle.
The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a much higher altitude pursued by
the male until she perceives it high enough, and then drops the twig for the
male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the
female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of picking the
twig which shows commitment, then and only then, will she allow him to mate with
her! Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of
people intended for partnership.
6. Eagles prepare for training. When about to lay eggs, the female and male
eagle identify a place very high on a cliff where no predators can reach; the
male flies to earth and picks thorns and lays them on the crevice of the cliff,
then flies to earth again to collect twigs which he lays in the intended nest.
He flies back to earth picks thorns and lays them on top of the twigs.
He flies back to earth and picks soft grass to cover the thorns, and then flies
back to pick rugs to put on the grass. When this first layering is complete the
male eagle runs back to earth and picks more thorns, lays them on the nest;
runs back to get grass and rugs and lays them on top of the thorns, then plucks
his feathers to complete the nest.
The thorns on the outside of! the nest protect it from possible intruders. Both
male and female eagles participate
in raising the eagle family. She lays the eggs and protects them; he builds the
nest and hunts. During the time of training the young ones to fly, the mother
eagle throws the eaglets out of the nest and because they are scared, they jump
into the nest again.
Next, she throws them out and then takes off the soft layers of the nest,
leaving the thorns bare. When the scared eaglets jump into the nest again, they
are pricked by thorns. Shrieking and bleeding they jump out again this time
wondering why the mother and father who love them so much are torturing them.
Next, mother eagle pushes them off the cliff into the air. As they shriek in
fear, father eagle flies out and
picks them up on his back before they fall, and brings them back to the cliff.
This goes on for sometime until they start flapping their wings. They get
excited at this newfound knowledge that they can fly and not fall at such a
fast rate.
The father and mother eagle supports them with their wings. The preparation of
the nest teaches us to prepare for changes; The preparation for the family
teaches us that active participation of both partners leads to success; The
being pricked by the thorns tells us that sometimes being too comfortable where
we are may result into our not experiencing life, not progressing and not
learning at all.
We may not know it but the seemingly comfortable and safe haven may have
thorns; The people who love us do not let us languish in sloth but push us hard
to grow and prosper. Even in their seemingly bad actions they have good
intentions for us.
7. When the Eagle grows old, his feathers become weak and cannot take him as
fast as he should. When he feels weak and about to die, he retires to a place
far away in the rocks.
While there, he plucks out every feather on his body until! he is completely
bare. He stays in this hiding place until he has grown new feathers, then he
can come out. We occasionally need to shed off old habits & items that
burden us without adding to our lives...
GOD BLESS YOU AS LEARN TO SOAR AS THE EAGLE!
About Writer: PASTOR EMMANUEL BABA
ISIAKA (Bsc, Msc, MPA, PGD Theology)
A SENIOR PASTOR OF THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, AMAZING GRACE PARISH,
LEICESTER UK
NATIONAL ELDER COORDINATOR (UK & IRELAND)
BRITISH-NIGERIAN BASED IN THE UK
by Pastor Emmanuel Baba Isiaka