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God is like an eagle

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Exodus 19:4 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

Deut 32 : 11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions.

These two portions were read in our morning devotion. When I reached home, I decided to read out more about eagle. What I learnt is that when the baby eagles are born, the parents bring food up to their nest and feed them. When they are ready to learn to fly, mother eagle will fly into their nest and begin to thrash around causing a great commotion. Eventually one of the baby eagle will fall out of the nest and begin heading for the earth below. As the baby eagle is not really sure of how to use its wing, he does lots of flapping while heading straight down! Just before the baby hits the ground, the mother eagle flies underneath in order to “catch” the baby on her powerful wings and she flies him safely back to the nest. This routine continues for days until all the baby eagles learn how to fly.

Isn’t it similar to our Christian experience? Sometimes we love to remain in our own comfort zone and God will come in to stir up our nest and we dislike it. We view any interruptions or sad/unfortunate events as negative. God stir up our nest for good reason. He wants us to soar on wings like an eagle, will run and not grow weary, walk and not faint. Isaiah 40 : 31
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