(sixth part)
Memory verse: Job39:27-28 " Does the eagle mount up at your command, And make its nest on high? On the rock it dwells and resides, On the crag of the rock and the stronghold "
Eagles don’t live in valleys, they build their nests on tops of very high mountains. That’s how far their courage and faith can go.
The Angel came to rescue Lot out of Sodom and instructed him to escape into the mountains, but Lot chose to stay in the valley. He feared that evil would befall him, which evil he had not seen (Gen19:17-20) Multitudes chose to live in the valleys of indecisiveness (Joel3:14), while others are living in valleys of Baca ( tears, murmurings etc); But the Eagle does not wait for someone’s command, he does not wait for someone to preach him good, nor does he wait for emotional excitement, he just make up his mind , mount up on his wings, look for a very high mountain where no one have ever dared to reach , he get to the top and build his nest there and make it his home. Eagles are not threatened by the unknown enemies or evil, Eagles don’t fear to survive in rocky mountains. Paul had an Eagle’s mind: " Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus " (Phil3:13-14) When you stay in valleys, all you’ll see are impossibilities, mountains. When mountains surround you, they obstruct your vision. Eagles stay on mountains and from there they spy their prey. Mountain lifestyle is a life lived in God’s presence, a place of God’s glory, a prayerful life.
God instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on mount Moriah (Gen 22:2), God met with Moses on mount Horeb when he came to send him to deliver the Israelites (Ex 3:1-2), God made a covenant with the nation of Israel upon mount Sinai, God gave Moses Ten commandments on mount Sinai, Moses spent with God 40 days on mount Sinai and his face shone with God’s glory, Jesus went to pray on a high mount and his face shone, Jesus was crucified on mount Calvary! Its time you climb up your mountain and make your nest in God’s presence.
Enjoy a new adventure with God this weekend!
