HOW THE EAGLE RELATES TO A CHRISTIAN LIFE.
Traits of the Eagle and
How It Pertains To Our
Christian Walk
You can read part 1 on how the Eagle represents our Christian
walk.
I will list, one by one, the main qualities and traits of the
eagle, along with giving you the basic gist of what this analogy
is all about.
1. The Basic Gist of The Eagle Analogy
The first thing you need to know about eagles so you can fully
understand what the basic gist of this analogy is all about is
exactly how they are able to fly, with most of it being on how
they are able to soar without actually flapping their wings.
I am sure most of you have seen videos and documentaries of
eagles being caught on video soaring high up in the sky
without actually flapping their wings.
Their wings are spread straight out and they are literally
soaring with perfect ease on the wind currents.
Eagles are born with big and heavy wings, and part of the
survival mechanism they are born with is that they have to
learn how to fly without actually flapping their big wings.
They have to learn how to do this in order to conserve energy.
Eagles can literally die if they expend too much energy flapping
their wings during flight as versus soaring without flapping their
wings.
As a result, what eagles have to learn to do very early on in
order to be able to soar without flapping their wings, is to wait
for what are called wind thermals to come up on them. A wind
thermal is a big gust of wind that will rise up from the
atmosphere.
Sometimes eagles will remain perched for days before they
can catch a good, strong, wind thermal, where they can then
launch onto it and combine a mixture of flying and soaring on
that strong wind thermal to get them to where they want to go.
Now here is the basic gist of this whole analogy. Lock this into
your memory banks, as God is giving us a very powerful
analogy on how eagles basically fly and soar on these wind
thermals.
We are the eagle
The wings of the eagles represent our faith and belief in God
The wind thermals the eagles fly on represent the Holy Spirit
Another very powerful verse to add to this analogy is the
following:
“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord.
(Zechariah 4:6)
What God is trying to tell us in this verse is that all things will
get fully accomplished for Him in this life by the power of the
Holy Spirit operating through us, not by our own power or by
our own might.
Just like the eagle has to learn how to fly on the wind thermals
– we, as born-again, Spirit-filled Christians, have to learn how
to fly on the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
In other words, we have to learn how to walk and fly with
the anointing of God.
The anointing of God is the power of the Holy Spirit flowing
and operating through us to accomplish what God wants us to
do for Him in this life.
It is God’s power flowing and operating through us, not our
own power. Our power is weak and limited, but God’s power
is pure and absolute.
We have to learn two basic things if we want to successfully
complete all of the divine missions that God has in store for
us in this life:
How to be led by the Holy Spirit
And how to walk with His anointing operating through us so
we can fully accomplish all of our divine destiny for the Lord
If you do not learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit in your
daily life, then you will never find out exactly what God is
going to call you to do for Him in this life.
You will never find out who your true soulmate is going to be
in this life, and you will never fulfill the divine destiny to which
God has called you.
Just like the eagle has to learn how to
catch the wind thermal in order to survive in this world, we
have to learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit on a daily basis
so we can fully accomplish everything God that will want us to
accomplish for Him in this life.
And just like the eagle has to learn how to ride and navigate
on those wind thermals once they actually launch onto them,
we have to learn how to walk with the power of the Holy Spirit
operating through us so we can fully accomplish the tasks and
assignments that God will be calling us to do for Him in this
life.
If we learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit so we can get to
where God will want to take us to – but we do not learn how
to actually walk and flow with His actual power, then we will
never succeed at the specific tasks that He will be calling us
to do for Him.
If God calls someone to be a great evangelist and then leads
him to the exact spots where He will want him to work at, but
that person does not learn how to flow and walk with God’s
anointing on him, then he will have minimal success at best in
that specific calling.
Again, not by our might or by our power, but by the power of
the Holy Spirit operating through us is how we will produce
good fruit for the Lord in this life .
The third thing we must catch on this analogy besides the fact
that we are the eagle and the wind thermals represents the
Holy Spirit, is what the wings of the eagle represent
. The wings of the eagle represent our faith and belief in in
the Lord.
Bottom line – if we do not have enough faith and belief in God
to take flight on the Holy Spirit in order to be led and
empowered by Him for service to the Lord, then nothing will
ever happen.
We will forever stay perched, and we will never fulfill the
divine destiny that God has already planned out for our lives
before we were even born into our mother’s womb.
The eagle has to take that big leap off the edge of the cliff in
order to be able to fly and soar on those wind thermals.
If the eagle does not take flight on those wind thermals when
they do come up on him, he will forever stay perched and he
will die on the cliff due to starvation.
In the same way, if we do not take flight on the Holy Spirit
and the divine call that God has placed on our lives, our lives
will perish right before our very eyes, as the Bible tells us that
God’s people will perish without having His specific vision for
their lives.
Sooner or later, every single Christian will have to make that
big choice for their lives. Who will they decide to serve and
follow in this life?
Do they follow and serve their own self and their own self-
interests, doing what they want to do with their lives. Or do
they decide to fully surrender every part of their life over to the
Lord and go with His divine plan for their lives rather than their
own.
If you decide to follow and serve the Lord in his life, then
sooner or later God will call you and you will then have to take
that big leap off the edge of the cliff in order to learn how to
fly into the calling that He has placed on your life.
And just as the wings of the eagle are the only thing that will
allow them to fly and soar on those wind thermals, in the
same way the only thing that will allow you to fly on the call
that God has placed on your life is your faith and belief in the
Lord.
If you do not have enough faith, belief, and confidence in the
Lord and His Holy Spirit to guide you and empower you for
this call, then nothing will ever happen.
I wonder how many Christians have missed out on their true
callings from the Lord because they did not have enough faith
and belief in Him to take flight on the Holy Spirit like the
eagles have learned how to do on those wind thermals?
Bottom line – we are the eagle, our wings are our faith and
belief in the Lord, and the wind thermals are the presence and
power of the Holy Spirit flowing and operating through us so we
can fully accomplish all of our our divine destiny for the Lord.
2. Eagles Are Master Fliers
As a result of being able to learn how to fly on those strong
wind thermals, eagles are considered master fliers. They can
fly to heights that no other bird can. They have been seen
flying as high as some of our airplanes fly.
If eagles have to be careful not to expend too much energy in
flapping their wings because of their size and weight, then how
can they fly as high as some our modern day airplanes? The
answer is in their ability and skill to ride and fly on these
strong wind thermals.
This is why you see eagles literally soaring at times on these
wind thermals, with their wings being spread straight out and
no flapping being done.
In the same way, we as Christians can learn how to be master
fliers by learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit on a daily
basis.
Just like eagles depend on these strong wind thermals to take
them to heights that no other bird can fly to – in the same
way we can be taken to heights that we may have never
dreamed possible if we will just learn how to be led be the
Holy Spirit on a daily basis.
Just think how much more good fruit we could produce, and
how much more we could accomplish for the Lord in this
lifetime if we could all learn how to be really led by the Holy
Spirit on a daily basis, and how to really walk with His power
and anointing flowing through us.
Again, this is something that can be learned if you are open
and willing to be taught by the Lord on how to do this on a
daily basis.
It is the job of the Holy Spirit Himself to teach you how to be
personally led and empowered by Him so you can fully
accomplish everything that the Lord has set out for you to do
for Him in this life.
3. Eagles Are Master Fisherman
Eagles are also considered master fisherman. They are very
good in locking in on their prey and then swooping down to
catch them.
How many times have you seen videos where an eagle will
swoop down on a body of water and pick up a fish swimming
near the surface with perfect ease and accuracy, and catching
them on the very first attempt. They are absolute masters at
hunting down and catching their prey, whether that prey be on
land or in the water.
Just as eagles are considered to be master fisherman with
how they can catch fish in water – we, as Christians, have
been called by the Lord to be “fishers of men,” just like Jesus
and the apostles were at the very beginning of the New
Testament.
Our number one job in this life is to try and get as many
people saved as we possibly can.
Personal evangelism within our own circle of influence is
something that each and every Christian can do for the Lord,
and it is something that we should always keep our radars up
for – as you never know when the Holy Spirit will move on you
to lead you to someone He will want you to witness to,
whether it be someone you might know or a complete total
stranger.
4. Eagles Fly Alone
Though eagles will mate for life, for the most part you will
always see them flying alone in the skies.
As Christians, we are all part of the body of Christ, where the
little finger is just as important as the big toe.
However, the Bible also tells us that many are called but few
are chosen. I believe this verse is referring to our calls in the
Lord, not to our personal salvation in Him.
What this verse is telling us is that many of the people God is
calling are not being chosen for various reasons.
What this means is that at times you may feel totally alone,
depending on the type of calling that God has placed on your
life and exactly where you are at in the development of that
calling.
David was alone when he took on Goliath. No one else would
step on the battlefield with him when he took on that evil
blasphemous giant.
Peter was alone when he stepped out of the boat to walk on
water, as the Bible says that the rest of the apostles were too
scared to try and do it on their own. Moses was all by himself
for 40 years in the backside of the desert before God called
him out to deliver the Israelites from Egypt.
David was hiding out in caves from Saul for quite a number of
years before he was finally called out to become the greatest
king of Israel.
At times, you may feel totally isolated and alone at the spot
where God may have you at.
When you are in these kinds of dry times and seasons with
the Lord, just keep pressing forward and flying alone like the
eagle does – and sooner or later God will bring you forth into
the heart of your call where everyone will then see you and
work with you on the call that God has placed on your life.
5. Eagles Live on Higher Ground
For the most part, eagles will always be found living on some
type of higher ground. As Christians, we are already living on
higher ground as compared to the rest of the world as a result
of who we are in Christ.
We are now born-again children of the Most High God. We are
now kings and priests of the Lord. We now have the Holy
Spirit, along His power and knowledge residing on the inside
of us to help lead us, sanctify us, and empower us so we can
all be used by the Lord in a mighty way for ministry.
This is why the Lord is calling all of us to stay in the world, but
not to be an actual part of the world.
In other words, we are to be in the world, but not of the world.
We are to keep ourselves separate from the corruption,
pollution, vices, and sins of this world so God can keep us on
His straight and narrow road for the rest of our earthly lives.
We live on this higher ground as a result of our position in
Jesus. And we always need to keep reminding ourselves that
we are living on this higher ground, as the world will always do
everything it can to try and drag us down into their lower way
of living.
6. Eagles Are Extremely Bold,
Courageous, and Powerful
Another very powerful trait of the eagle is that they are very
bold, courageous, and powerful. Eagles have literally been
seen engaging with poisonous snakes and tearing their heads
off with their beak.
They have been seen going right through major storm clouds,
where most birds will fly away and hide in safety until the
storm has passed.
As we have stated numerous times in some of the articles in
our spiritual warfare section, God is calling all of us to become
good and mighty soldiers of Jesus Christ.
He is asking all of us to put on His armor and to engage with
demons and to cast them out of people when necessary.
Just like the eagle has no fear of any man, beast, or snake – in
the same way we should have no fear of any demonic spirit or
any evil human being since we all have God Himself totally on
our side.
The Bible tells us that greater is He that is in us than he who is
in the world. David perfectly proved that point when he took
out Goliath with one perfectly, well-placed blow.
In the Spiritual Warfare Section of our site, we have an article
titled, “Battle Verses of the Bible.”
In this article are 100 of the very best battle verses in the
Bible. These major battle verses will show you that God the
Father does have a war side to His personality, and that He
will not hesitate to go into battle to protect you and your close
loved ones if you have been walking close with Him over the
years.
Bottom line – take your cue from the eagle.
Just like the eagle is the most powerful and feared bird in the
sky – in the same way God the Father can personally raise
you up to be a mighty and courageous soldier for Him so you
can do great and mighty exploits in the calling that He has
personally placed on your life.
7. Eagles Are Considered Majestic
Due to the way eagles look and act, many people consider
them almost majestic and invincible. They seem to have a
look of royalty about them.
In the same way, we, as Christians, have this same air of
royalty about us since we are now considered kings and
priests of the Lord due to the sacrifice that Jesus has
personally made for all of us with His death on the cross.
This majestic royalty that we now have operating through us all
comes direct from Jesus. It does not come directly from us,
or any of the good works that we may have done to-date for
the Lord. It all comes to us as a direct result of Jesus dying on
the cross for all of our sins.
Only the blood that Jesus has personally shed for each one of
us on the cross is what makes us kings and priests before
Him, lest we all get puffed up with our own pride and
arrogance, thinking this was all of our own doing and making.
8. Eagles Are Faithful For Life
Once eagles mate with their partners, they will stay true and
loyal to that other eagle for life. In the same way, once God
leads us to the mate that He will want us to marry in this life,
He will expect us to stay true, loyal, and faithful to that mate
literally to the day we die.
In this day and age, where 50% of all marriages are still failing
and ending up in divorce, this is a tall order for many to stay
faithful to their spouses.
We have another article in our site titled, “ The Sin of Adultery ”
in the Current Issues section of our site.
In this article are some very heavy verses, all showing how
much God hates adultery and what the ramifications may be
for some of those who do not pull out of this serious sin
within a reasonable length of time.
God expects all of us to honor our vows and commitments
made at the wedding altar. God takes marriage and the vows
that come with it very, very seriously, and it is nothing to be
trifled with or taken for granted once you hit a few minor
speed bumps in the marriage.
The Holy Spirit is the Helper and Counselor, and He can help
heal any hurts or misgivings that may have occurred in the
marriage if you will just learn how to open yourself up to Him
and allow Him to work in whatever state your marriage may be
in.
9. Eagles Are Very Patient
Another very interesting quality that eagles have is that they
are very patient. Documentary film crews have filmed eagles
spotting rabbits they will target as prey.
Once the rabbit senses the danger, he will then go hiding in a
hole, sometimes for as long as an hour or two before he finally
comes back out.
The eagle will then wait for that hour or two until the rabbit
finally comes back out again. And once he does, the eagle will
then swoop down and catch him within seconds. As a result
of his patience, the eagle will then be rewarded with a big fat
meal.
In the same way, we all need the patience of the eagle,
especially in the type of world we now live in with everything
being done at breakneck speed and people’s fuses being
shortened as a result of all of the high stress that we are
forced to live under.
This is why one of the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit is the fruit of
patience, as we all need His patience operating through us so
we can weather the storm clouds of this turbulent life.
10. The Eagle Has 2 Sets of Eyes
Another very fascinating quality that eagles have is that they
have two sets of eyes.
The first set is their natural eye which they have when they are
in a resting mode.
However, when they start to take flight on these strong wind
thermals, they have a second eye that comes in on them. This
second eye then enables them to fly on these strong wind
thermals without damaging their original eye.
This second eye is also used when they are seen flying
through actual storm clouds. The heavy winds from a storm
cloud could easily damage their normal natural eye, and this
second eye gives them a protective covering as they are
navigating through these heavy storm clouds.
As Christians, we also have two sets of eyes operating in us.
The first set is our normal natural eye which we use to see the
natural world in which we live in. However, we also have a
second set of eyes and that is the eyes of the Holy Spirit.
Since we all have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us, we
also have His eyes available to us at times to see things from
His perspective.
As you start to draw closer to the Lord in your own personal
relationship with Him, there will be times that He will allow
you to “see” things as He sees them. You will
start “seeing” what certain Scripture verses may mean. You
will start to “see” what the real truth is in many of the matters
of your own personal life.
When this starts to occur, this is the Holy Spirit Himself
allowing you to see things through His eyes, not your eye. This
is highly supernatural event when it starts to occur.
It is God Himself literally allowing you to see things from His
point of view and perspective.
The Bible says that the truth will set you free. But you first
have to see what that truth is before it can start to set you
free.
This is why we all need the eyes of the Holy Spirit operating in
us, so we can start to see what the real truth is on many of the
different matters and issues in our own personal lives.
Just like the eagle needs his two sets of eyes in order to be
able to live and survive in this world, in the same way we need
both our natural eyes and the eyes of the Holy Spirit operating
in us so we can properly work and function for the Lord in this
life.
11. The Nests of Eagles Are Built in the
Wilderness
When baby eagles are first born, the mother eagle will build the
nest in which to raise up her newborns in the wilderness, away
from mainstream society. This is done so she can safely raise
them up without any type of harm coming to them.
In the same way, the Lord will sometimes build up His eagles
in a wilderness type setting. Again, Moses was in the backside
of the desert for 40 years before God called him out to
complete the greatest deliverance mission of all time.
David was in the caves of the wilderness for a number of
years, possibly for 13-15 years, before he was called out by
God to become the greatest king that Israel has ever had.
Some of you who are reading this right now may be in your
wilderness setting with the Lord, where He is slowly raising
you up in your calling for Him.
It is sometimes in these wilderness type settings that your
greatest strides in spiritual growth are actually made in Him.
12. Eagles Have Contrasting Color
Patterns – Noticeable From a Distance
Many of the creatures God has created have color patterns
that blend in with their natural surroundings so as to protect
them from other predators.
However, not so with the eagle. The American bald eagle has
dark brown skin with a white colored head. As a result of this
contrasting color pattern, they can easily be seen from quite a
distance.
I know this may be stretching this analogy a bit, but I believe
that the dark skin of the eagle lines up with our flesh colored
skins, and the white color on the head and face of the eagle
line up with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit living in
us.
In other words, it is symbolic of the anointing that we have
operating in us through the Holy Spirit.
People who walk with a very strong anointing from the Lord
are very noticeable from a distance. You can “see” the
anointing of God all over them. You can “see” the manifest
presence of the Holy Spirit in the form of a transparent glow
radiating out of their faces.
These people have developed very strong personal
relationships with the Lord over a number of years and they
are walking very close with Him in working out their own
personal calls for Him in this life.
Just like the eagle stands out in his environment as a result of
his might, prowess, and contrasting color pattern in the animal
kingdom – in the same way, highly anointed Christians also
stand out in their surroundings due to the presence and power
of God Almighty Himself radiating out of them.
Jesus Himself has told us in His Word that He is our light, and
that once we have His light shining through us, that we are not
to try and hide it underneath the table.
We are to let His light shine through us so we can reach the
rest of the world with His message of eternal salvation.
Conclusion
Once you isolate all of the main qualities of the eagle, I do not
think it is a coincidence that they all perfectly line up with what
God would like to have worked into each one of us. I believe
when God says in the above verse from Isaiah that we will
mount up with wings like eagles, He is meaning exactly what
He is saying in this verse.
Once again, here are the main attributes and qualities of the
mighty eagle, the most powerful and feared bird in the skies:
Traits of the Eagle and
How It Pertains To Our
Christian Walk
You can read part 1 on how the Eagle represents our Christian
walk.
I will list, one by one, the main qualities and traits of the
eagle, along with giving you the basic gist of what this analogy
is all about.
1. The Basic Gist of The Eagle Analogy
The first thing you need to know about eagles so you can fully
understand what the basic gist of this analogy is all about is
exactly how they are able to fly, with most of it being on how
they are able to soar without actually flapping their wings.
I am sure most of you have seen videos and documentaries of
eagles being caught on video soaring high up in the sky
without actually flapping their wings.
Their wings are spread straight out and they are literally
soaring with perfect ease on the wind currents.
Eagles are born with big and heavy wings, and part of the
survival mechanism they are born with is that they have to
learn how to fly without actually flapping their big wings.
They have to learn how to do this in order to conserve energy.
Eagles can literally die if they expend too much energy flapping
their wings during flight as versus soaring without flapping their
wings.
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As a result, what eagles have to learn to do very early on in
order to be able to soar without flapping their wings, is to wait
for what are called wind thermals to come up on them. A wind
thermal is a big gust of wind that will rise up from the
atmosphere.
Sometimes eagles will remain perched for days before they
can catch a good, strong, wind thermal, where they can then
launch onto it and combine a mixture of flying and soaring on
that strong wind thermal to get them to where they want to go.
Now here is the basic gist of this whole analogy. Lock this into
your memory banks, as God is giving us a very powerful
analogy on how eagles basically fly and soar on these wind
thermals.
We are the eagle
The wings of the eagles represent our faith and belief in God
The wind thermals the eagles fly on represent the Holy Spirit
Another very powerful verse to add to this analogy is the
following:
“Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord.
(Zechariah 4:6)
What God is trying to tell us in this verse is that all things will
get fully accomplished for Him in this life by the power of the
Holy Spirit operating through us, not by our own power or by
our own might.
Just like the eagle has to learn how to fly on the wind thermals
– we, as born-again, Spirit-filled Christians, have to learn how
to fly on the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
In other words, we have to learn how to walk and fly with
the anointing of God.
The anointing of God is the power of the Holy Spirit flowing
and operating through us to accomplish what God wants us to
do for Him in this life.
It is God’s power flowing and operating through us, not our
own power. Our power is weak and limited, but God’s power
is pure and absolute.
We have to learn two basic things if we want to successfully
complete all of the divine missions that God has in store for
us in this life:
How to be led by the Holy Spirit
And how to walk with His anointing operating through us so
we can fully accomplish all of our divine destiny for the Lord
If you do not learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit in your
daily life, then you will never find out exactly what God is
going to call you to do for Him in this life.
You will never find out who your true soulmate is going to be
in this life, and you will never fulfill the divine destiny to which
God has called you.
Just like the eagle has to learn how to
catch the wind thermal in order to survive in this world, we
have to learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit on a daily basis
so we can fully accomplish everything God that will want us to
accomplish for Him in this life.
And just like the eagle has to learn how to ride and navigate
on those wind thermals once they actually launch onto them,
we have to learn how to walk with the power of the Holy Spirit
operating through us so we can fully accomplish the tasks and
assignments that God will be calling us to do for Him in this
life.
If we learn how to be led by the Holy Spirit so we can get to
where God will want to take us to – but we do not learn how
to actually walk and flow with His actual power, then we will
never succeed at the specific tasks that He will be calling us
to do for Him.
If God calls someone to be a great evangelist and then leads
him to the exact spots where He will want him to work at, but
that person does not learn how to flow and walk with God’s
anointing on him, then he will have minimal success at best in
that specific calling.
Again, not by our might or by our power, but by the power of
the Holy Spirit operating through us is how we will produce
good fruit for the Lord in this life .
The third thing we must catch on this analogy besides the fact
that we are the eagle and the wind thermals represents the
Holy Spirit, is what the wings of the eagle represent
. The wings of the eagle represent our faith and belief in in
the Lord.
Bottom line – if we do not have enough faith and belief in God
to take flight on the Holy Spirit in order to be led and
empowered by Him for service to the Lord, then nothing will
ever happen.
We will forever stay perched, and we will never fulfill the
divine destiny that God has already planned out for our lives
before we were even born into our mother’s womb.
The eagle has to take that big leap off the edge of the cliff in
order to be able to fly and soar on those wind thermals.
If the eagle does not take flight on those wind thermals when
they do come up on him, he will forever stay perched and he
will die on the cliff due to starvation.
In the same way, if we do not take flight on the Holy Spirit
and the divine call that God has placed on our lives, our lives
will perish right before our very eyes, as the Bible tells us that
God’s people will perish without having His specific vision for
their lives.
Sooner or later, every single Christian will have to make that
big choice for their lives. Who will they decide to serve and
follow in this life?
Do they follow and serve their own self and their own self-
interests, doing what they want to do with their lives. Or do
they decide to fully surrender every part of their life over to the
Lord and go with His divine plan for their lives rather than their
own.
If you decide to follow and serve the Lord in his life, then
sooner or later God will call you and you will then have to take
that big leap off the edge of the cliff in order to learn how to
fly into the calling that He has placed on your life.
And just as the wings of the eagle are the only thing that will
allow them to fly and soar on those wind thermals, in the
same way the only thing that will allow you to fly on the call
that God has placed on your life is your faith and belief in the
Lord.
If you do not have enough faith, belief, and confidence in the
Lord and His Holy Spirit to guide you and empower you for
this call, then nothing will ever happen.
I wonder how many Christians have missed out on their true
callings from the Lord because they did not have enough faith
and belief in Him to take flight on the Holy Spirit like the
eagles have learned how to do on those wind thermals?
Bottom line – we are the eagle, our wings are our faith and
belief in the Lord, and the wind thermals are the presence and
power of the Holy Spirit flowing and operating through us so we
can fully accomplish all of our our divine destiny for the Lord.
2. Eagles Are Master Fliers
As a result of being able to learn how to fly on those strong
wind thermals, eagles are considered master fliers. They can
fly to heights that no other bird can. They have been seen
flying as high as some of our airplanes fly.
If eagles have to be careful not to expend too much energy in
flapping their wings because of their size and weight, then how
can they fly as high as some our modern day airplanes? The
answer is in their ability and skill to ride and fly on these
strong wind thermals.
This is why you see eagles literally soaring at times on these
wind thermals, with their wings being spread straight out and
no flapping being done.
In the same way, we as Christians can learn how to be master
fliers by learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit on a daily
basis.
Just like eagles depend on these strong wind thermals to take
them to heights that no other bird can fly to – in the same
way we can be taken to heights that we may have never
dreamed possible if we will just learn how to be led be the
Holy Spirit on a daily basis.
Just think how much more good fruit we could produce, and
how much more we could accomplish for the Lord in this
lifetime if we could all learn how to be really led by the Holy
Spirit on a daily basis, and how to really walk with His power
and anointing flowing through us.
Again, this is something that can be learned if you are open
and willing to be taught by the Lord on how to do this on a
daily basis.
It is the job of the Holy Spirit Himself to teach you how to be
personally led and empowered by Him so you can fully
accomplish everything that the Lord has set out for you to do
for Him in this life.
3. Eagles Are Master Fisherman
Eagles are also considered master fisherman. They are very
good in locking in on their prey and then swooping down to
catch them.
How many times have you seen videos where an eagle will
swoop down on a body of water and pick up a fish swimming
near the surface with perfect ease and accuracy, and catching
them on the very first attempt. They are absolute masters at
hunting down and catching their prey, whether that prey be on
land or in the water.
Just as eagles are considered to be master fisherman with
how they can catch fish in water – we, as Christians, have
been called by the Lord to be “fishers of men,” just like Jesus
and the apostles were at the very beginning of the New
Testament.
Our number one job in this life is to try and get as many
people saved as we possibly can.
Personal evangelism within our own circle of influence is
something that each and every Christian can do for the Lord,
and it is something that we should always keep our radars up
for – as you never know when the Holy Spirit will move on you
to lead you to someone He will want you to witness to,
whether it be someone you might know or a complete total
stranger.
4. Eagles Fly Alone
Though eagles will mate for life, for the most part you will
always see them flying alone in the skies.
As Christians, we are all part of the body of Christ, where the
little finger is just as important as the big toe.
However, the Bible also tells us that many are called but few
are chosen. I believe this verse is referring to our calls in the
Lord, not to our personal salvation in Him.
What this verse is telling us is that many of the people God is
calling are not being chosen for various reasons.
What this means is that at times you may feel totally alone,
depending on the type of calling that God has placed on your
life and exactly where you are at in the development of that
calling.
David was alone when he took on Goliath. No one else would
step on the battlefield with him when he took on that evil
blasphemous giant.
Peter was alone when he stepped out of the boat to walk on
water, as the Bible says that the rest of the apostles were too
scared to try and do it on their own. Moses was all by himself
for 40 years in the backside of the desert before God called
him out to deliver the Israelites from Egypt.
David was hiding out in caves from Saul for quite a number of
years before he was finally called out to become the greatest
king of Israel.
At times, you may feel totally isolated and alone at the spot
where God may have you at.
When you are in these kinds of dry times and seasons with
the Lord, just keep pressing forward and flying alone like the
eagle does – and sooner or later God will bring you forth into
the heart of your call where everyone will then see you and
work with you on the call that God has placed on your life.
5. Eagles Live on Higher Ground
For the most part, eagles will always be found living on some
type of higher ground. As Christians, we are already living on
higher ground as compared to the rest of the world as a result
of who we are in Christ.
We are now born-again children of the Most High God. We are
now kings and priests of the Lord. We now have the Holy
Spirit, along His power and knowledge residing on the inside
of us to help lead us, sanctify us, and empower us so we can
all be used by the Lord in a mighty way for ministry.
This is why the Lord is calling all of us to stay in the world, but
not to be an actual part of the world.
In other words, we are to be in the world, but not of the world.
We are to keep ourselves separate from the corruption,
pollution, vices, and sins of this world so God can keep us on
His straight and narrow road for the rest of our earthly lives.
We live on this higher ground as a result of our position in
Jesus. And we always need to keep reminding ourselves that
we are living on this higher ground, as the world will always do
everything it can to try and drag us down into their lower way
of living.
6. Eagles Are Extremely Bold,
Courageous, and Powerful
Another very powerful trait of the eagle is that they are very
bold, courageous, and powerful. Eagles have literally been
seen engaging with poisonous snakes and tearing their heads
off with their beak.
They have been seen going right through major storm clouds,
where most birds will fly away and hide in safety until the
storm has passed.
As we have stated numerous times in some of the articles in
our spiritual warfare section, God is calling all of us to become
good and mighty soldiers of Jesus Christ.
He is asking all of us to put on His armor and to engage with
demons and to cast them out of people when necessary.
Just like the eagle has no fear of any man, beast, or snake – in
the same way we should have no fear of any demonic spirit or
any evil human being since we all have God Himself totally on
our side.
The Bible tells us that greater is He that is in us than he who is
in the world. David perfectly proved that point when he took
out Goliath with one perfectly, well-placed blow.
In the Spiritual Warfare Section of our site, we have an article
titled, “Battle Verses of the Bible.”
In this article are 100 of the very best battle verses in the
Bible. These major battle verses will show you that God the
Father does have a war side to His personality, and that He
will not hesitate to go into battle to protect you and your close
loved ones if you have been walking close with Him over the
years.
Bottom line – take your cue from the eagle.
Just like the eagle is the most powerful and feared bird in the
sky – in the same way God the Father can personally raise
you up to be a mighty and courageous soldier for Him so you
can do great and mighty exploits in the calling that He has
personally placed on your life.
7. Eagles Are Considered Majestic
Due to the way eagles look and act, many people consider
them almost majestic and invincible. They seem to have a
look of royalty about them.
In the same way, we, as Christians, have this same air of
royalty about us since we are now considered kings and
priests of the Lord due to the sacrifice that Jesus has
personally made for all of us with His death on the cross.
This majestic royalty that we now have operating through us all
comes direct from Jesus. It does not come directly from us,
or any of the good works that we may have done to-date for
the Lord. It all comes to us as a direct result of Jesus dying on
the cross for all of our sins.
Only the blood that Jesus has personally shed for each one of
us on the cross is what makes us kings and priests before
Him, lest we all get puffed up with our own pride and
arrogance, thinking this was all of our own doing and making.
8. Eagles Are Faithful For Life
Once eagles mate with their partners, they will stay true and
loyal to that other eagle for life. In the same way, once God
leads us to the mate that He will want us to marry in this life,
He will expect us to stay true, loyal, and faithful to that mate
literally to the day we die.
In this day and age, where 50% of all marriages are still failing
and ending up in divorce, this is a tall order for many to stay
faithful to their spouses.
We have another article in our site titled, “ The Sin of Adultery ”
in the Current Issues section of our site.
In this article are some very heavy verses, all showing how
much God hates adultery and what the ramifications may be
for some of those who do not pull out of this serious sin
within a reasonable length of time.
God expects all of us to honor our vows and commitments
made at the wedding altar. God takes marriage and the vows
that come with it very, very seriously, and it is nothing to be
trifled with or taken for granted once you hit a few minor
speed bumps in the marriage.
The Holy Spirit is the Helper and Counselor, and He can help
heal any hurts or misgivings that may have occurred in the
marriage if you will just learn how to open yourself up to Him
and allow Him to work in whatever state your marriage may be
in.
9. Eagles Are Very Patient
Another very interesting quality that eagles have is that they
are very patient. Documentary film crews have filmed eagles
spotting rabbits they will target as prey.
Once the rabbit senses the danger, he will then go hiding in a
hole, sometimes for as long as an hour or two before he finally
comes back out.
The eagle will then wait for that hour or two until the rabbit
finally comes back out again. And once he does, the eagle will
then swoop down and catch him within seconds. As a result
of his patience, the eagle will then be rewarded with a big fat
meal.
In the same way, we all need the patience of the eagle,
especially in the type of world we now live in with everything
being done at breakneck speed and people’s fuses being
shortened as a result of all of the high stress that we are
forced to live under.
This is why one of the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit is the fruit of
patience, as we all need His patience operating through us so
we can weather the storm clouds of this turbulent life.
10. The Eagle Has 2 Sets of Eyes
Another very fascinating quality that eagles have is that they
have two sets of eyes.
The first set is their natural eye which they have when they are
in a resting mode.
However, when they start to take flight on these strong wind
thermals, they have a second eye that comes in on them. This
second eye then enables them to fly on these strong wind
thermals without damaging their original eye.
This second eye is also used when they are seen flying
through actual storm clouds. The heavy winds from a storm
cloud could easily damage their normal natural eye, and this
second eye gives them a protective covering as they are
navigating through these heavy storm clouds.
As Christians, we also have two sets of eyes operating in us.
The first set is our normal natural eye which we use to see the
natural world in which we live in. However, we also have a
second set of eyes and that is the eyes of the Holy Spirit.
Since we all have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us, we
also have His eyes available to us at times to see things from
His perspective.
As you start to draw closer to the Lord in your own personal
relationship with Him, there will be times that He will allow
you to “see” things as He sees them. You will
start “seeing” what certain Scripture verses may mean. You
will start to “see” what the real truth is in many of the matters
of your own personal life.
When this starts to occur, this is the Holy Spirit Himself
allowing you to see things through His eyes, not your eye. This
is highly supernatural event when it starts to occur.
It is God Himself literally allowing you to see things from His
point of view and perspective.
The Bible says that the truth will set you free. But you first
have to see what that truth is before it can start to set you
free.
This is why we all need the eyes of the Holy Spirit operating in
us, so we can start to see what the real truth is on many of the
different matters and issues in our own personal lives.
Just like the eagle needs his two sets of eyes in order to be
able to live and survive in this world, in the same way we need
both our natural eyes and the eyes of the Holy Spirit operating
in us so we can properly work and function for the Lord in this
life.
11. The Nests of Eagles Are Built in the
Wilderness
When baby eagles are first born, the mother eagle will build the
nest in which to raise up her newborns in the wilderness, away
from mainstream society. This is done so she can safely raise
them up without any type of harm coming to them.
In the same way, the Lord will sometimes build up His eagles
in a wilderness type setting. Again, Moses was in the backside
of the desert for 40 years before God called him out to
complete the greatest deliverance mission of all time.
David was in the caves of the wilderness for a number of
years, possibly for 13-15 years, before he was called out by
God to become the greatest king that Israel has ever had.
Some of you who are reading this right now may be in your
wilderness setting with the Lord, where He is slowly raising
you up in your calling for Him.
It is sometimes in these wilderness type settings that your
greatest strides in spiritual growth are actually made in Him.
12. Eagles Have Contrasting Color
Patterns – Noticeable From a Distance
Many of the creatures God has created have color patterns
that blend in with their natural surroundings so as to protect
them from other predators.
However, not so with the eagle. The American bald eagle has
dark brown skin with a white colored head. As a result of this
contrasting color pattern, they can easily be seen from quite a
distance.
I know this may be stretching this analogy a bit, but I believe
that the dark skin of the eagle lines up with our flesh colored
skins, and the white color on the head and face of the eagle
line up with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit living in
us.
In other words, it is symbolic of the anointing that we have
operating in us through the Holy Spirit.
People who walk with a very strong anointing from the Lord
are very noticeable from a distance. You can “see” the
anointing of God all over them. You can “see” the manifest
presence of the Holy Spirit in the form of a transparent glow
radiating out of their faces.
These people have developed very strong personal
relationships with the Lord over a number of years and they
are walking very close with Him in working out their own
personal calls for Him in this life.
Just like the eagle stands out in his environment as a result of
his might, prowess, and contrasting color pattern in the animal
kingdom – in the same way, highly anointed Christians also
stand out in their surroundings due to the presence and power
of God Almighty Himself radiating out of them.
Jesus Himself has told us in His Word that He is our light, and
that once we have His light shining through us, that we are not
to try and hide it underneath the table.
We are to let His light shine through us so we can reach the
rest of the world with His message of eternal salvation.
Conclusion
Once you isolate all of the main qualities of the eagle, I do not
think it is a coincidence that they all perfectly line up with what
God would like to have worked into each one of us. I believe
when God says in the above verse from Isaiah that we will
mount up with wings like eagles, He is meaning exactly what
He is saying in this verse.
Once again, here are the main attributes and qualities of the
mighty eagle, the most powerful and feared bird in the skies:
Master fliers
Master fishermen
Fly alone
Live on higher ground
Extremely bold, courageous, and powerful
Majestic
Mate for life
Very patient
Have two sets of eyes
Nest are built in the wilderness
Noticeable from a distance as a result of contrasting color
patterns
I believe the Lord is in the process of raising up an army of
mighty eagles. I believe we are living in the last days as
prophesied in the Bible, and God will be launching this army of
eagles onto the earth in an effort to get as many people saved
and on that rapture train as He possibly can before the end
finally comes.
Some of you who are reading this article right now might be
one these eagles being raised up by the Lord.
If you are, study this eagle analogy very carefully, as I believe
the Lord is giving all of us a very powerful and profound
analogy.
I believe the Lord is in the process of raising up an army of
mighty eagles. I believe we are living in the last days as
prophesied in the Bible, and God will be launching this army of
eagles onto the earth in an effort to get as many people saved
and on that rapture train as He possibly can before the end
finally comes.
Some of you who are reading this article right now might be
one these eagles being raised up by the Lord.
If you are, study this eagle analogy very carefully, as I believe
the Lord is giving all of us a very powerful and profound
analogy.
God bless you as you examine your Christian life.Remember, this is not my own writing. It is an exerpt from Bible-Knowledge website. You can click here for more inspiring articles.
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