Thursday's Word
THE EAGLE STORY (Isaiah 40:31)
Someone once told me a story about a wounded eagle who was rescued by a
kindly farmer. He found the bird in one of his fields, and so took him
home, tended to his wounds, and then placed him outside in the barnyard
to recover. Strangely enough, the young eaglet soon adapted to the
habits of all the barnyard chickens. He learned to walk and cluck like
them. He learned to drink from a trough and peck the dirt for food, and
for many years he peacefully resigned himself to this new life on the
ground.
But then one day, one of the farmer’s friends spotted the eagle and
asked, “Why in the world is that bird acting like a chicken?” The farmer
told him what had happened, yet the man could hardly accept the
situation. “It’s just not right,” said the friend. “The Creator made
that bird to soar in the heavens, not scavenge in the barnyard!” So he
picked up the unsuspecting eagle, climbed onto a nearby fencepost, and
tossed him into the air. But the confused bird just fell back to earth
and scurried off in search of his feathered friends. Undaunted, the man
then grabbed the eagle and climbed to the top of the barn. As he heaved
him off the roof, the bird made a few halfhearted squawks and flaps
before falling into a bale of hay. After shaking his head a few times,
the eagle then made himself comfortable and began mindlessly pecking at
pieces of straw.
The friend went home that night dejected, and could barely sleep as he
remembered the sight of those powerful talons caked with barnyard mud.
He couldn’t bear the thought, so the very next day, he headed back to
the farm for another try. This time he carried the eagle to the top of a
nearby mountain where the sky unfolded in a limitless horizon.
He looked into the eagle’s eyes and cried out, “Don’t you understand?
You weren’t made to live like a chicken! Why would you want to stay down
here when you were born for the sky?” As the man held the confused bird
aloft, he made sure the eagle was facing into the brilliant light of
the setting sun. Then he powerfully heaved the bird into the sky, and
this time the eagle opened his wings, looked at the sun, caught the
updraft rising from the valley, and disappeared into the clouds of
heaven.
The Lord has called us to live in the heights, yet too many of us have
huddled together in the barnyard, contentedly scurrying for the safety
of our families, our finances, our careers and our comfortable crumbs of
faith. God is asking us to spread our majesty wings and SOAR!!
Brenda C. Smith
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