SOARING WITH SPIRITUAL EAGLES

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.  (Romans 8:2 NKJV)

The simplest child knows something of the law of gravity. The word is from the Latin gravitas, which is the attraction of weight by weight. What gravity is to matter, the down-pull of the flesh is to the spirit. There is not a single one of us, who is seeking to live the Christian life that is not conscious of this down-pull. Indeed the laws of gravity in the natural world have their counterpart in our inward experience. There is always a down-pull to the center of gravity, i.e. to self, what I like, what I choose, what I prefer! The fall of the soul toward the flesh or self-life becomes increasingly rapid, so that every time we give in to it becomes easier to give in to, and the velocity sends us head over heels. The child of God would fall with velocity equal to that of the depraved sinner if it were not for the law of the Spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus which makes him free from the law of sin and death.

Birds have the ability to overcome the earth’s gravity. You may see it in the soaring of the lark, singing as it rises, until you think it will split its tiny throat with song. One of the delights of an ocean voyage is to watch the gulls, as regularly, evenly, and easily they keep level with the progress of the boat. The bird does not float in the air; it balances itself; it measures its wings against its weight, and defies the earth’s gravity. But if the means of flight are wounded, it drops helplessly on land or water. Regrettably for the bird, though it is an albatross, that happens to land on water covered by the oil discharged from an oil-driven vessel. When once its wings have become glued to its body, by immersion in that oil-bath, there is nothing for it but a miserable end!

As Christians, we have the power, like the birds, available to us, to soar above the fleshy and selfish desires that bog us down and defeat us…the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit works according to law, "the law of the Spirit of Life." Do not grieve Him by any act of insincerity or hatred. If you are aware of the source of His energy, go back until you have discovered where you dropped the thread of obedience to His gentle promptings. Pick it up by confession and restitution, and again you will become conscious of His mediation to you of a law of life that laughs at sin and death! Yours will be the wings of an eagle's flight, the soaring of a lark, sunward, heavenward, and upward toward godliness! But you must take time to be holy, in meditation, in prayer, and especially in the use of the Bible.

PRAYER

Help me, O Lord, to find my life according to Your promise. I thank You, Father, that You have planted the seed of Your own nature. Leave me not; neither forsake me in the upward climb. Teach me to change my strength and mount up with the wings of eagles. I pray in Jesus holy name, AMEN.

God's Daily Promise

Promise #18:
My power will rest on you when you are weak.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (WEB)
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.