Minister’s Corner - 229 Like An Eagle

Loved ones, environmentalists are saying a great deal about eagles today. They want them preserved as an endangered species. Christians can learn much from what the Bible says about eagles.

"He encircled him. He instructed him. He kept him as the apple of His eye. As an eagle stirs up its nest hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings. So the Lord alone led him... “(Deuteronomy 32:10-12).

"You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagle’s wings and brought you to myself” (Exodus 19:4).

"But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles’ (Isaiah 40:31).

The eagle is one of the largest and most powerful birds in the world. Some eagles weigh as much as twelve or thirteen pounds and have a wingspan of about seven feet. The nests of eagles are called eyries. They are built mainly of sticks and are often lined with fresh green leaves while they are being used. Once a year, the female lays one or two eggs, and they are carefully tended, sometimes even by the male eagle, until they hatch in about forty days. Both parents then guard the nest and take food to the young.

At about eleven or twelve weeks, a curious thing happens. If the eaglets have not ventured forth on their own, the parent eagle "stirs" or rocks the nest, tipping the eaglets out! The young eaglets flap about in panic, still novices at this flying business. The parent eagle hovers watchfully, waiting for the critical moment. With wings spread wide, the eagle then swoops down underneath those babies and delivers them back to the security of the eyrie.

Ours is a God of powerful gentleness. Ours is a God whose timing is perfect. Like the parent eagle, He is sensitive to our needs. He knows when the nest has become too comfortable and needs a little stirring. He, too, watches carefully, and, as with spread wings, catches us up, and brings us to Himself. But, He wants us to learn from our fluttering and flapping. He wants us to leave behind our panic and learn to wait on Him. Then, with our eyes on our parent eagle, we will begin to know what it means to soar on eagles' wings! God is so good. Love you. Samuel – 4 October 26