The Eagle

As I gazed out my kitchen window, I saw a highway department truck stop. The man on the passenger side got out with a shovel; scooped up a dead varmint from the road and tossed it over into the ditch. It wasn't long until a big bird swooped down, lighting beside the varmint. We do have eagles that fly over our home quite frequently. I don't like to think of a bird as majestic and beautiful as an eagle being a carrion, but they are. At a distance, I wasn't sure if it was ...a buzzard or an eagle.

As I considered what I had just seen, I thought about how God swoops down from Heaven in all of His beauty and majesty and cleans up the messes we make in our lives. Sometimes, thankfully, He confronts us before we have made a complete mess of things. He gives strength to young and old to face the trials and temptations of life when we tire of fighting them ourselves.

Most of the time, the problems we face can be overcome if we just wait on the Lord; ask Him to give us strength and power and then acknowledge His presence and thank Him for helping us through the storms in our lives.

What problems are you facing today? Are you trying to work out your difficulties on your own? Why not give them over to God and let Him swoop down and carry your problems and difficulties for you?

"He energizes those who get tired,
gives fresh strength to dropouts.
For even young people tire and drop out,
young folk in their prime stumble and fall.
But those who wait upon God get fresh strength.
They spread their wings and soar like eagles,
They run and don’t get tired,
they walk and don’t lag behind." Isaiah 40:29-30 (MSG