Return of the Eagles

“They will soar on wings like eagles…” (Isaiah 40:31b) Which is a remarkable statement, considering eagles can fly upwards of 15,000 feet high and have been clocked at as high as 99 mph.

We are called to have an overview. I wonder sometimes if this is why some believers are so quickly drawn away by flimsy conspiracy theories. We know we are called to see the larger picture, but we must be extremely discerning as to whom we allow to paint that picture for us.

The eagle has one million cones in the eye compared to around 200,000 in our eye. This allows eagles to see clearly eight times as far as humans.

Were you paying attention as you read what was written? Humans may be able to see as FAR as an eagle, but we would only see vaguely that there was a forest in the distance, while an eagle could see CLEARLY the rabbit peeking out from behind a tree.

God searches for those dissatisfied with only seeing vaguely i.e. those who are desperate to see past the natural and into the spirit.

Remember the story of the blind man in Bethsaida? After Jesus had laid His hands on him the first time, the man said he could only see, “men like trees, walking.” What if he had been happy to settle with that blurry vision and had walked away then?

But instead, he wanted perfect vision, and stayed right there until he got it.

I just completed a 12 day fast this past weekend. (Let me come back to that) The 40 day fast last year was the breakthrough for me after attempted to fast countless, I mean COUNTLESS times, and failing almost every time to even to sunset on day one.  And I know there are many people out there just like me, who try and try, and really WANT to fast or do something else that they believe God has told them to do and they have failed at it time and again.

First, I am not going to add my voice to those saying, "Just keep at it and don't give up!" There are plenty of good people telling you that in great ways to encourage you. Listen to the voices of encouragement and turn away from the voices of discouragement.

Secondly, focus on what you HAVE gotten right! Churchill used to say that he would try himself by court martial to see if he had accomplished anything worthwhile. I supposed if God had called you or me to save Europe from the nazis that might be a very good thing for us to do also, but for me as a regular human being, it drove me crazy for years to live that way.

In other words, be good at who you are and let others be good at who they are.

And as for the fast...Mark 2:17-21 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

I can confirm to you, and I am sure many of you can say the same, that once you get your thoughts past food, phone, and self, you can begin to see more clearly into the spirit, to see things as God would have you see them.

Jesus said that His disciples would be able to absorb, maintain, and carry what He has made new ONLY as THEY are continually made new!

If you are able to fast to make that happen, do it.

Not there yet? Then next time you can grab a day, GET AWAY FROM EVERYTHING POSSIBLE INCLUDING YOUR PHONE and get renewed in the quiet with God AND NOBODY ELSE. Don't try to "sew a little piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment" while you text.  Get apart with God and watch Him renew your youth like the eagle.

Now, get off the ground and fly above the conflict before it consumes you...