jUNE 2024

Dear Church,

Let us soar like eagles!

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isa. 40:31

A special quality in the bird eagle is to fly to heights to rest itself and then wait for the winds to
blow. When the stormy wind blows, the eagle spreads its wings wide so that it allows the storm
itself to pick it up and lift it above the blowing storm. While the storm blows below, the eagle soars
above it. Eagles do not escape the storm, but rather use the storm to lift itself higher!

Isaiah the prophet metaphorically associates believers with eagles - this nature of eagle can be
adapted in our stormy situations. Sometimes the storm of life blow heavily against God’s children.
In those difficult moments, instead of yielding ourselves to fears, we must allow the miraculous
power of the Holy Spirit to take us to a higher level of faith. Our response towards the storm is
letting the Holy Spirit work instead of us trying to overcome and fly against the storm. We can rise
above every raging storm that comes our way by setting our minds to give room to the wind, the
Holy Spirit. God longs to give us His divine power to ride the storms of sickness, tragedy, failure,
economic instability, disappointments, and poverty in our lives.

It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down but how we handle them. We can lighten our load
by letting God work in our troubles. When we are willing to obey God’s promise to wait on Him, He helps us to renew our strength and mount up with the wings of eagles. The troubles and
difficulties that we encounter on this earth are inevitable. We will be running through the troubles,
but we will not be exhausted. We will be walking through the difficulties but will not faint. That is
the difference we God’s children set comparing the worldly.
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God Bless,
Amutha