Nurturing II

‘For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him’ John 17:2

When all the comfort the eaglets originally found in the nest is gone, they have no choice but to climb on the outstretched wing of the parent. The eagle will then fly them high and just when they are enjoying the ride, the eagle will suddenly close its wings and allow its eaglets tumble downwards. Then it swoops down and picks them up just before they hit the ground. It takes them up again and repeats the same process until the eaglets find the use of their wings and begin to fly. For the eaglet the process might be horrible yet the eagle is nurturing it.

Isn’t this how God deals with us sometimes. It is almost as if He is taking us high and we are enjoying the ride then all of a sudden He drops us. Or first reaction is ‘don’t You care that we perish?’ When it appears as though we are about to hit the ground, God always picks us up on time. Then we experience another drop. If this is what you are going through then pay attention because God is saying ‘stretch out your wings yourself and begin to fly’. If you don’t, He will pick you up but you will repeat the process because He loves you too much to leave you incapacitated. He is saying to you stretch out your wings, get up and deal with the demon yourself.

There were times my wife will say to me we need to deal with something. We pray together and God sorts it out. Sometimes I say ‘I cannot rescue you all the time you go and sort it out’. Then I watch. There was this particular time something happened to my wife. I saw it and she saw it too but she said to me ‘leave me, I am going to sort this out’. She went alone by herself to pray and by morning it was sorted. She learnt to use her own wings. Many of us are raising children that can’t stand by themselves, children who cannot look people in the eye and have a normal conversation. We are raising people who are dependent on us. God is not interested in that. There are a lot of Pastors whose flock cannot hear God outside of them. God is not interested in that. God wants everybody to stretch forth his or her own wings and fly.

Prayer: Father, forgive me for the times I have resisted You during the nurturing process. I declare that henceforth I will stretch out my own wings and fly, in Jesus Name.