God Will Carry You As You Fly

Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

Everyone has a little bit of a bird watcher in them. We have had lovely observations of the mother bird covering her eggs to hatch them and then covering her chicks to provide warmth and safety. We are given this imagery to equate to us God the Father's care of us. He is faithful. He is our defensive wall.

An eagle mother does something that is amiss to us. The mother eagle "Stirreth up her nest," "fluttereth over her young," "spreadeth abroad her wings," and "beareth them on her wings." The time has come when the young eagle must leave the nest and strike out on his own, and the refuge the eaglets have always known becomes discomforting as she teaches them to leave the nest and fly. There is not one willing volunteer of the nest. The mother eagle must begin tearing up the nest and repeating this process until the eagle begins to fly. What an experience that must be.

Does it seem that God is dealing harshly with you? Is He tearing up your soft, comfortable nest? Does the place in God that once met such a need in your life now seem rough, tight, and uncomfortable? What is happening? The Lord is getting ready to push you off into heights you never dreamed of. He is preparing your final flight; destination heaven. He is teaching you how to move to a heavenly place.

We grew accustomed to routine, yet we knew those days would come when we could no longer dwell in our comfortable nest. That is what the senior years entail. God still covers us with His feathers. He is still our refuge. He will always be our faithful Father. But He knows that He has prepared an eternal and heavenly resort for us and now He begins the preparation to make us soar on that day of our departure.

Take courage, saints as we begin our ascent. It may appear to be a descent of the body, but the spirit is stronger than flesh and God's love is more protective than anything we can imagine otherwise. Rejoice for the Word declares, [God] is like an eagle that stirs up her nest, hovers over her young, spreads out her wings, takes them and carries them as she flies. Deu 32:11