Soar On Wings Like Eagles!

Jesus said, “If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. – Matthew 5:41.

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An old legend relates that long ago God had a great many burdens which He wished to have carried from one place to another on earth. So He asked the animals to lend a hand, but all of them began to make excuses for not helping: the elephant was too dignified; the lion, too proud; and so on.

Finally the birds came to God and said, “If you will tie the burdens into small bundles, we’ll be glad to carry them for you. We are small but we would like to help."

So God fastened upon the back of each one a small bundle, and they all set out walking across the plain to their destination. They sang as they went, and did not seem to feel the weight of their burdens at all. Every day the burdens seemed lighter and lighter, until the loads seems to be lifting the birds, instead of the birds carrying the burdens.

When they arrived at their destination, they discovered that when they removed their loads, there were wings in their place, wings which enabled them to fly to the sky and the tree tops. They had learned how to carry their burdens, and their loads had become wings to carry them nearer to God.

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Burdens we carry for others may become wings of the spirit, to lift us into happiness such as we have never known.

We should never think it difficult when God asks us to do something. Most likely when God lays a burden on our heart, it will be to our benefit sooner or later. In this message we read how God will take the little that we have to offer and by our obedience in giving; He will give to us the desires of our heart.

“…But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired…”  - Isaiah 40:30.

Blessed Day!