Soaring with eagles

Someone once said, "it is hard to soar with the eagles when you fly with turkeys". 

Turkeys will always come into our lives with second guessing and criticism. 

This week has been one of those weeks where I have had to be totally dependant on God's strength and His power in my life.

There are just some situations that I don't have answers for - there are situations that are complex and need the direction of the Holy Spirit.  Everyone has an opinion.  There are a lot of "voices" out there that say, "do this" or "do that".  Or, "why didn't you do this," and "why didn't you do that".

I need to rely upon the "wind of the Holy Spirit," in my life.

My thought is that we must continually strive for greater things, better things, holy things, with a continual desire to soar with the eagles.

On a couple of occasions in my life, I have had the opportunity and privilege of watching an eagle soar in the sky.

A good word for it is that they "glide" through the air.

Here's what I know about eagles.  They don't work that hard to hang in the air - but simply depend on wind gusts and updraft.

When an eagle catches the wind, he can soar for a long time, just pausing every now and then to flap his wings a bit.  An eagle doesn't fly, furiously beating the air with his wings.  If he did, many of them would grow fatigued and give out because their wings are too heavy to do that for any length of time.

They rest on the power of the wind.

Many times we find ourselves exhausted from furiously fighting our way through life, trying to do the best we can. 

God's will for us is to catch His wind.  He wants us to link into His will so that we don't have to struggle unnecessarily where He has provided wisdom and direction.

"Father, this day, help us, help me, Lord to depend on You.  We can't do it on our own.  Help us to "glide" through life Lord, with the wind of your Holy Spirit."

Just a thought for a Wednesday.