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SOARING LIKE EAGLES

It would be difficult to find, even in the Bible, another chapter more lofty in thought or eloquent in speech than Isaiah 40. Many of the noblest minds through the centuries have been influenced by Isaiah 40. Handel's Messiah owes much of the inspiration to Isaiah 40. Martin Luther poured over it again and again in the fortress at Salzburg. Oliver Cromwell turned to it in terrible discouragement. Daniel Webster found new hope from it when defeat and disappointment was inevitable.

The prophet Isaiah wants us to know that all of us can soar like the eagles! He gives us two things we need to consider to make it possible.

1. TO HAVE STRENGTH, WE MUST WAIT ON THE LORD

This waiting means we are to trust. We must trust in a Person. In verse 31 Isaiah tells us we must wait on the Lord. The Psalmist tell us in Psalm 37:5 to "Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass." The Bible illustrates the union of the Divine and the human element. At the Red Sea, God told Moses to lift his rod over the waters until they divided for Israel to pass through on dry land. At the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus told those standing nearby to remove the stone for Lazarus to come out.
It is wonderful to know that God makes use of human resources, human assets and human power. When all three of these are anointed with God's Divine presence and power, miracles happen!

2. THERE ARE BLESSINGS PROMISED IF WE WAIT ON THE LORD

Isaiah gives us three tremendous blessings in his inspiring writing if we will wait on the Lord.

First, he tells us that we "shall renew our strength." All of us know that the demands of life challenges our strength. The batteries of our lives need recharging again and again. If we will take one day at a time; walk by faith and not by sight and live today at its highest, the results is amazing! Second, Isaiah tells us that we can "Mount up with wings as eagles." No doubt he had seen a mother eagle training her young to fly. As he watched, he saw the mother taking the baby eagle up on her mighty wings again and again, pushing it off to fly until flying became a natural process. That reminds me of the Gospel song, "We Are Going Higher And Higher Some Day!" Third, Isaiah tells us we should "Walk and not faint." The Christian life is a long distant race. It is not for quitters but for the faithful. Our God will help us in the humdrum of life if we will simply wait on the Lord.

Charles Kirby