One of my favorite old Christian songs is On Eagles Wings. One of my favorite teaching tapes was by Rev. Terry Fulham and was entitled Life On Wings. My constant recurring dream for many years has been of me soaring like an eagle high above the earth with my arms out wide just silently coasting through the sky. Swooping like an eagle to respond to life but returning to the effortless life of being born high above by the thermals. The picture today is of a bald eagle we saw on one of our wilderness trips this summer. It was not soaring but was close enough for a picture which is not usually the case with the type camera equipment I have. In the song Eagles Wings the line that always gets me, because it is my closest experience of God says,"bare you on the breath of God". Remember that in all three ancient languages of scripture the same word that is used for spirit is also the word for wind. For me soaring like an eagle is not me riding thermals, but rather riding the wind of the Holy Spirit. Finding that place in me where my body mind and spirit respond like an eagle in the sky to movement of the Holy Spirit and then just surrender myself in complete trust to where the spirit takes me. The eagle has goals but he has also learned to use the forces of nature with trust in what they will provide. The eagle does not go flapping about with some massive effort and expend energy all over the place to get from here to there, he just allows the air to move him. He really does just go with the flow. He has massive powerful wings and yet spends the vast bulk of time just holding them still and moving as the air takes him effortlessly along. My experience of God is like that at it's best. When I entrust myself to the spirit, life moves along with an effortless grace and I watch with amazement as God accomplishes spectacular things all around me. My own skills and abilities are almost in neutral as the reserves of the Holy Spirit are engaged and so much more effective than mine. I'm coasting, coasting, coasting on the wind of the spirit. Breathe on us breath of God, help us to trust anew the movement of your spirit. Let it carry us to new heights to accomplish your purpose.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Eagles Wings
One of my favorite old Christian songs is On Eagles Wings. One of my favorite teaching tapes was by Rev. Terry Fulham and was entitled Life On Wings. My constant recurring dream for many years has been of me soaring like an eagle high above the earth with my arms out wide just silently coasting through the sky. Swooping like an eagle to respond to life but returning to the effortless life of being born high above by the thermals. The picture today is of a bald eagle we saw on one of our wilderness trips this summer. It was not soaring but was close enough for a picture which is not usually the case with the type camera equipment I have. In the song Eagles Wings the line that always gets me, because it is my closest experience of God says,"bare you on the breath of God". Remember that in all three ancient languages of scripture the same word that is used for spirit is also the word for wind. For me soaring like an eagle is not me riding thermals, but rather riding the wind of the Holy Spirit. Finding that place in me where my body mind and spirit respond like an eagle in the sky to movement of the Holy Spirit and then just surrender myself in complete trust to where the spirit takes me. The eagle has goals but he has also learned to use the forces of nature with trust in what they will provide. The eagle does not go flapping about with some massive effort and expend energy all over the place to get from here to there, he just allows the air to move him. He really does just go with the flow. He has massive powerful wings and yet spends the vast bulk of time just holding them still and moving as the air takes him effortlessly along. My experience of God is like that at it's best. When I entrust myself to the spirit, life moves along with an effortless grace and I watch with amazement as God accomplishes spectacular things all around me. My own skills and abilities are almost in neutral as the reserves of the Holy Spirit are engaged and so much more effective than mine. I'm coasting, coasting, coasting on the wind of the spirit. Breathe on us breath of God, help us to trust anew the movement of your spirit. Let it carry us to new heights to accomplish your purpose.
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