October 2001

Part Twenty-eight

The Super Highway (BB)

We are including portions of the study, “Eagle Saints, Arise”, written many years ago by a beloved brother, Bill Britton, who has since been called home to glory. Read and be blessed.

          There is much we can learn about our heavenly calling as we consider what the Bible says about eagles. Dt 32:11 tells us how the young eagle gets his introduction to the practice of soaring in the heavens. Let the eagle saints hear carefully. It says that the mother eagle “stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, and bears them on her wings”.
         The time has come when the young eagle must leave the nest and strike out on its own. But looking down from the dizzying heights of the mountain peak, he is not ready to begin such a new and dangerous enterprise. He has “not passed this way before”, and he is reluctant to start out. So the mother eagle begins making things uncomfortable for him in the nest. The nest is so soft, so safe, so comfortable, and he is satisfied to remain there. None of this business of “trying out your wings” for him. So the mother eagle “stirs up the nest”. She tears us his soft bed, breaks the twigs until the jagged ends stick out. In other words, she begins to make life very miserable for him in the place that once had seemed so nice.
          Oh, saints of God, does it seem that God is dealing harshly with you? Is He tearing up your soft, comfortable nest? Does the place in God that once met such a need in your life now seem rough, tight, and uncomfortable? What is happening?
         The Lord is getting ready to push you off into heights you never dreamed of. Does the jagged edge of that which once was such a comfort to you now stab you with grief and pain? Have your been wondering what the trouble was, and perhaps doubt that you were even in the Will of God? Doubt no longer, but expect in faith the next great Work of God to come forth in your life! It is not the wrath of God trying to destroy you. It is the Love and Wisdom of our God for His Church. We, by nature, love security! So the Lord has to make us utterly sick of our “nest” in order to make us willing to launch out into pioneer, spiritual journeys in the heavenlies.
            Still the young eagle does not leave the torn up nest. So the mother eagle begins to “flutter over her young”. In other words, she begins beating him with her wings. The wings under which he once hid from all danger now have become his greatest enemy, it seems. What a terrible turn of events! To escape those terrible wings, he climbs to the side of the nest, and as she spreads her wings abroad, he hops upon her back. Where she goes now, he will go, for the nest has ceased to be the safe warm home it once was. See the mother eagle now as she soars high into the sky, with the little eagle hanging on for dear life. High above the clouds she goes, and suddenly, without warning, she dives out from under the little eagle, leaving him hanging on nothing. He screams with fear as he tumbles through the air, but instinctively his wings stretch out and begin trying to catch the air. Down, down, down he falls as his untried wings fail to function enough to hold him up. When it looks like all hope is lost and he is about to crash on the rocks below, the mother eagle swoops under him and bears him up on her wings. Glory to God, what a relief!! Back into the heights they soar on her wings. What a glorious feeling! But just as he thinks all is well and he is sitting on top of the world, the bottom drops out again. And the process starts all over again. This time his wings begin to operate a little better, become a little stronger. Until finally he learns how to catch the currents of air and soar by himself, needing no longer the mother to catch him from falling. [end quote]

          Can you relate to any of these circumstances? Have you had any such experiences in your walk with Christ? Have you been subjected to “nest shakings” in your life? Have you already been taken aloft for “flying lessons”? Dear ones, there are two things that we are guaranteed in this life: IN THE WORLD OF MAN, EVERYTHING CONSTANTLY CHANGES; BUT AS FOR GOD HE SAYS, “I AM THE LORD, AND I DO NOT CHANGE!!” (Mal 3:6) This means if we are seeking and striving for the “security of sameness”, we must surrender our lives to God, our Lord!
         Only in Him can we find our “Foundation of Peace” [Heb 3389 meaning for “Jerusalem”]. God comforts His people in 1 Cor 3:11 saying, “There is no other foundation that any man can lay than the One already laid which is Jesus Christ [lit. God’s Saving Anointing]”! In other words,
         all mankind shares this common “Foundation of Faith” hid beneath their humanity! We only need God’s Grace to waken us to the realization of this glorious salvation! Those of us who are already experiencing and celebrating a personal relationship with our heavenly Father as it is made possible only through His Saving Anointing (lit. Jesus Christ), we are surely blessed forever! Furthermore we seek, and expectantly await with joy, the same blessing for all mankind!

[TO BE CONTINUED]