Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength;They shall mount up with wings like eagles,They shall run and not be weary. Isaiah 40:31But those who wait on the LORDShall renew their strength;They shall mount up with wings like eagles,They shall run and not be weary,They shall walk and not faint. Now, the Eagle is the most majestic bird in the sky, but something happens to all Eagles at least once in their lifetime, they molt. In the life of every Eagle, they will go through a molting process that can bring with it a great depression. This is a wilderness time that all eagles will face. Certain eagles live for about 30 years or more but then they begin to lose their feathers, Their beak and claws begin to alter as well. During this time, the eagle will walk like a turkey and they have no strength at all to fly. The molting eagle finds himself in the valley, unable to fly, with its feathers falling out. They lose their ability to see, as well, their vision weakens during this time. Calcium builds up on their beaks and they cant hold their heads up. Now this is so traumatic, to the proud majestic birds that Eagles truly are. They lose their desire to eat, they only eat fresh meat and they have no strength to hunt.. but then another phenomenon takes place. When the molting eagle gets in this last state, often times they will begin to peck on each other, occasionally killing another molting eagle, as they gather together in one place. Now listen to this, at this time they will choose some area of a mountain range where the sun can shine directly on them, and they will lie on a rock and bathe in the sun. During this time some have observed other eagles coming and dropping food to the ones going through this molting stage. Yet its never the younger eagles that are dropping the food, it is always the older eagles that have survived this experience and know what the molting eagle is going through. One writer says: It is a most pathetic sight to see. Four or five eagles molting in the valley, where they once would only soar over to look for fresh kill. But, If they dont renew, they will die. They grow weaker and weaker. Suddenly there comes a sound from the sky over the valley. Screaming loudly, another group of eagles fly overhead and drop fresh meat over the dying birds. The screaming is encouragement. Thats what they reckon; the screaming is encouragement from other Eagles who have already gone through this. Some eat and recover but others roll over and die. Dont you think all of this speaks of something in lives as well? There is a time in the life when it looks as though, and it seems as though we have been stripped down to nothing, Lets look at some of the marks of this molting process the Eagle bird goes through...It takes place in a valleyYou know, there are valley experiences in our lives. Its not always on the mountain top. Its not always soaring in the heavens. But then when the Eagle is like this they lose their desire to eat. They should be eating, they need to be eating now more than ever before, but they lose all desire. Isnt that true of us sometimes as well. In the state we find ourselves in? We lose even the desire to live. Some often kill themselves or get into life of crime Then there is another thing.Their vision goes. The Eagle can spot a rabbit miles away… It has vision like no other bird, but while it is in this state of molting we are told that vision is lost. Proverbs 29:18 where there is no vision, the people perish. Heartaches can cloud your vision. People can, bickering and squabbling. Can this happens to the Eagle at the time of molting. Calcium builds up on its beak, and they find themselves looking down. But then: The Eagle begins to help its self in this state. They scratch at their own claws until they are down to nothing and so will grow new again.They will knock beaks until the calcium that was weighing them down falls off. Some will not be content to sit and die, they will do something to help themselves. The Lord helps those who help themselves. If we make the effort God will respond to that. Sitting about moping, sitting about reeling is not the thing to do. But the greatest thing that all the Eagles do to benefit themselves while they are in this state of molting is to choose a spot were the sun can shine directly on them. The Experts tell us this, they will find a rock and they will lay on it. They will do so as they bathe in the presence of the sun. They will let the sun beam down on them. Listen to me, they will wait just there and its here that they begin to get renewed.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 04:36:36 +0000
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