Eagles
Strength
Isaiah 40:28-40:31
Eagle’s Strength
Psalm 27: 13 -14 –
Fainted – Overwhelmed, done in, given up, to tire as
from
wearisome flight
Goodness – God’s ability to make things go well
Wait – To bind together by twisting
Isaiah
40:28 –31 –
Quick Summary
Verse 28 – God doesn’t get weary (gasp or get
exhausted, short
of breath, worn out)
neither does he faint
Verse 29 – He gives power (force, ability, power,
Chameleon),
He increases (enlarges, give an
abundance of) strength to those who have no
might (ability or power)
Verse
30 – Even the strongest among us will get –
He equates the strongest among us to the strength that comes
from youth, the tireless or endless source of energy of a child or young man. Example of gym class and the students doing
the Presidential Challenge for Physical Fitness the mile run.
Weary -
run¨ out of breath to the point of
exhaustion
Faint – tire from the¨ wearisome flight
Utterly Fall- totter or waver
through the¨
weakness of the
legs especially
the ankles, to stumble or fall.
The Remedy – Verse 31
Wait – To bind together
by twisting
Renew – Pass on
Slide by
Change
Mount – Ascend up
To climb
Dawn like the sun rising
on a new day
Walk – To carry, to bear
When we come to that place of growing weary, fainting and giving up
God has provided us with a means and an example of renewing or changing our present condition. Study the eagle and we will
understand the process of changing or being renewed.
THE EAGLE
Character Traits of an Eagle – Characteristics
we derive from
the Eagle
1. Strength
2. Keenness – Eagle Eye
3. Swiftness
4. Courage
5. Freedom
Anatomy
1.
7ft. wing span
2. 12 pounds in weight
3. keen eye sight - spot a rabbit at 2miles
4. 270 degree peripheral vision
5.
Acute depth perception
6. Clear membrane that protects it’s eye
7. It’s strength enables it to carry well
over it’s own body weight – reported an eagle carrying a baby lamb.
8. It replaces it’s feathers
each year –
What is unique about the eagle when molting it¨ never is left incapacitated like some molting birds.
They that wait upon¨ the Lord shall renew their strength – they shall replenish, replace or refresh themselves
Psalm 103:5 – youth is renewed like the eagles¨
The Flight of an Eagle – Proverbs 30:18-19
1. Reach speeds of over 150 miles
per hour
2. Soars to heights of 1/2 miles
3. Dives at speeds of 200 miles per hour
4. Glides at altitudes of over
2,500 feet
Does all this and¨ appear to do it so effortlessly
Eagle’s
have been seen to be soaring almost¨
motionless in hurricane force winds
The Care for it’s Young
1. Eagle’s mate for life
2. Nest
in high places
Protection
Surveying
Launch pad
3. Return to the same nest each year
4. Shade the young with
their wings – Psalm 63:7
5. Male hunts, Female feeds
6. Teach their young to fly by creating an air current which
lifts the trailing eaglet – Exodus 19:4
Bare – lift up
Isaiah 40:31
What is waiting on God? It
is actively pursuing His presence to find his goodness and Word. Intimacy and Interaction.
Rope Example
Reason’s
why we fail to Overcome
1. Come out from under His wing
2. We lag behind the leading - the eaglet will free fall
3.
Never pull out of the nose dive
4. We are flapping our wings when we should be soaring in high places. Sparrows don’t
fly wear eagles are.
Plain English
1. We control things rather than conquer them
2. Double minded –
having 2 minds
3. We don’t have a living reality of what it means to be in Christ.
4. We make provision for sinful
pleasures or situation we are presently in
5. We hide our sin or live in denial
Mounting up on Eagle’s Wings
1.
Engrafted Word God’s rhema that is prophetic to you - Revelation isn’t Revelation until it’s your Revelation
2.
Meditate on it, Rehearse it
3. Realizing we are dead to sin and our life is hid in Christ
Colossians 3:3
4. Make
no provision for the flesh - No excuses No reasons
5. Become accountable to others
6. Recognize and be obedient to the
prompting of the Holy Spirit
7. This to shall pass
Conclusion
1. The eagle was created to live and fly in
high places not to live at ground level
Ephesians 2:6
2. Eagles wings are designed to keep it soaring continually
James
4:10
3. If the eagle pulls in his wings the law of gravity will take over
2 Timothy 2:26
4. Falling eagle only need
to stretch out his wings and his wings will lift him up again
Psalm 37:23-24
5. The eagle’s life depends on it’s
ability to fly high above the dangers of the earth – Not designed to walk the earth
John 12:32
Turbulent Winds
Great lifting power causes the eagle to¨ fly higher greater lift power in the updrafts of turbulent winds
Gives him¨ a bigger view because
he can get higher
Gets him to levels no one else¨ is
Allows the eagle to use
less effort to get there – He rides the winds –¨ He doesn’t flutter his wings like a humming bird.
Allows the
eagle to stay¨ higher longer. Spiral
to find the updraft. Trust on the wings of His Word
¨ Allows the eagle to fly faster
How can I run and not be weary
– I haveØ to do it
effortlessly
How can I walk in the heat of the day – I have toØ do it effortlessly
