Why fly like a chicken if you can soar like an eagle?

by Dr. Greg Burts

God says 'I am like an eagle that carries you on wings of deliverance.' (Ex. 32) Isaiah says "those who hope in the Lord… will soar on wings like eagles (40:31). Some eagles' wings can be nearly 7 feet across. The 'bald eagle' rides on columns of rising air and can average speeds of 30 miles per hour. With wings  like that, isn't it obvious eagles were born to fly?

There is no bird more dissimilar from the eagle than a barnyard chicken. Chickens are quite content being earthbound and confined. Even when a chicken tries to fly, he barely gets more than a few feet off the ground! Since we possess a 'heavenly' spirit, there is something wrong if we are satisfied with the comfort and familiarity of earth. Created to fly like eagles, we cannot be content unless we soar in the wide-open spaces of the heavens.

Jesus said "I am from above." Even so, we too are "born from above" and possess an innate desire to soar above the earth. I know what someone is saying right now. In your circumstances, it seems like God has clipped your wings and cooped you up. But if you will set your mind on things above and stop thinking about things on earth (Col. 3:2), you will soon be soaring like an eagle.