SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE, RIDE
THE WORD
I was waiting at the trailhead for the rest of the hiking
group. It started to sprinkle and was an unusually cold morning for Las Vegas.
I saw movement up at the top of the cliffs and got my binoculars focused on one
large golden eagle sitting at the edge of the cliff and another circling in the
sky. They were getting ready to fly above the oncoming storm. Being above the
storm, they cruise along peacefully. If only we could be as smart!
Satan wants to fill us
with fear about the future. We can't let him do that. The Lord has already
rescued us and made a way for us to rise
above like the eagle.
Our God is a good God.
That sounds like a no-brainer, but how often have we gotten worried, scared or
angry about our circumstances and felt our present situation and our future
looks pretty dim?
I got somewhat
worried a few years ago when Las Vegas
wasn’t building, and painters like me
didn’t have jobs. When this happened before,
I did a lot of side jobs, but people were being tight with their money and
didn’t want to pay for extra projects. Besides that, I was caring for a sick
friend, so I had extra expenses. Things
were going downhill financially. It hit me like a brick wall, but friends and
family helped and I cut way back on my spending, cutting my bills down, etc. It
didn’t hurt me a bit.
I was glad to experience
what I did. The Lord showed me how to cruise through, one event at a time. My
low financial state took me to new heights spiritually.
I met some of the greatest
and most loving people in the most unexpected places—places I’d never even
thought of visiting before. The Lord was showing me a wealth of blessings and
only a small part of it had to do with money prosperity.
In the last several years
there has been so much teaching about financial prosperity that many Christians
felt ashamed if they didn’t become rich like the church leaders and others who
followed those leaders. I’ve come to believe their teaching led many in the
wrong direction.
The Bible says, “They
shall not be ashamed in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be
satisfied” (Ps 37:19 KJV). The NIV reads: “In times of disaster they will not
wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.” And in the NAS: “They will
not be ashamed in the time of
evil, and in the days of famine they will have abundance.” That abundance is
not just referring to money. If we truly trust God and his son Jesus Christ, we
have everything because the Bible promises “My God shall
supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19).
I was financially poor a
few years ago, and yet with God, I
soared like an eagle above the storm because I learned to ride the Word. What I
received spiritually and in my soul was wonderful and worth so much.
No matter what our
situations may look like and no matter what frustration we may suffer, we can’t
let fear lock us into bad times. We “seek those things that are above . . . and set
our affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Col 3:1-2). Our God
is a good God and will always provide a way for us to rise like the eagle
above any storm. And even if we don’t get out of it in time and are encircled
by a storm, physically or emotionally, we trust in the Lord and are assured
that the storm will pass and we will rise again.
Isaiah
40:31 “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will
run and not grow weary, they will walk and
not be faint.”
Love, Carolyn
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