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<blockquote data-quote="FineLinen" data-source="post: 630711" data-attributes="member: 6357"><p>I have been reading a book by the servant of the Lord, T. Austin Sparks, "Pioneers Of The Heavenly Way." Those who are called from heaven, apprehended by heaven, to serve the purpose of the Realm of God, and the God of the Realm, find that their centre of gravity has changed. This centre has moved from the pull of the earthly, and transferred to the Realm of the Heavenly. So there is a deep-seated sense we do not belong here, this is not our dwelling place, our abode, our centre of gravity as it were. We are strangers and sojourners in a Realm that is foreign to the vast company of those who make this present world the "scope of their horizon." Within the pioneer, there is this sense of conflict with what is here, and being at variance with it, and unable to accept it. It is an inborn consciousness as a result of our calling from on High...."..."they do not belong to the world, JUST AS I DO NOT." </p><p></p><p><strong>The Eagle</strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>Leaving The Comfort Of The Nest</strong> </p><p></p><p>The Eagle is a bird that is closely associated with pioneers of the heavenly way. Deut. 32:11 tells us how a young eagle gets its introduction to the practice of soaring in heavenly realms.."Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, and flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions..." All of these things speak of a young eagle leaving the comfort and security of a warm nest. The time has approached for moving on to the purpose for which you have been born! This is not a business of trying out your wings but a rather violent "stirring up of the nest." The mother eagle tears at the soft bed, breaks the twigs until the jagged ends stick out. In short, the mother eagle makes life very miserable for the baby eagle in the place that was once so nice. The young eagle is about to become utterly sick of its nest in order to be launched out into a pioneer journey into the heavenlies. </p><p></p><p><strong>The Beating Of The Wings</strong> </p><p></p><p>Still the young eagle does not leave the torn up nest. So the mother eagle begins to "flutter over her young". In short, she begins beating him with her wings. The wings under which he once hid from all danger now have become his greatest enemy (it appears). To escape those terrible wings, he climbs to the side of the nest, and as she spreads her wings, he hops on her back. Where the mother eagle goes now, he will go. The mother eagle soars high into the sky with the little eagle holding on for dear life. High above the clouds they soar and suddenly, without warning, she dives out from under the little eagle. He screams with fear as he tumbles through the air, but instinctively his wings stretch out and begin trying to catch the air. Down he plummets as his untried wings fail to function enough to hold him up. When it looks like all is lost and the baby eagle is about to crash on the rocks, the mother eagle swoops under him and bears him up on her wings. Glory to God what a relief! Back into the heights of heaven they soar, on her wings, but just as he thinks all is well, the process starts all over again. This time his wings operate more fully and with greater strength as he finally learns to catch the currents of air and soar by himself, needing no longer the mother to catch him from falling. </p><p></p><p><strong>High Into The Heavens</strong> </p><p></p><p>Sometimes a little eagle is taken from the nest and refuses to fly. He will not try his wings. He just waits for mother to catch him and bear him into the heavens again on her wings. Time and again the process is repeated until the mother eagle is convinced there is no hope for him, that she cannot teach him to launch out on his own. Now if he was a chicken, one would watch over him, feed him, protect him. Not so with the eagle. Either he learns to soar for himself, or he starves to death or becomes a prey of wild beasts. Knowing this, the mother eagle takes him high into the heavens for one last ride. Then with a wild screech of pain and disappointment, she dives out from under him and flies away, leaving him to drop to his death on the rocks far below. </p><p></p><p>************************************************************************************** </p><p></p><p><strong>Eagles in a Storm </strong> </p><p></p><p>Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it. The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. </p><p>When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our spirits and our being upon the Eternal. The storms will not overcome us as we experience God's power lifting us above them. God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm. Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them by the grace of God. </p><p></p><p><strong>"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles."</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Isaiah 40:31.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FineLinen, post: 630711, member: 6357"] I have been reading a book by the servant of the Lord, T. Austin Sparks, "Pioneers Of The Heavenly Way." Those who are called from heaven, apprehended by heaven, to serve the purpose of the Realm of God, and the God of the Realm, find that their centre of gravity has changed. This centre has moved from the pull of the earthly, and transferred to the Realm of the Heavenly. So there is a deep-seated sense we do not belong here, this is not our dwelling place, our abode, our centre of gravity as it were. We are strangers and sojourners in a Realm that is foreign to the vast company of those who make this present world the "scope of their horizon." Within the pioneer, there is this sense of conflict with what is here, and being at variance with it, and unable to accept it. It is an inborn consciousness as a result of our calling from on High...."..."they do not belong to the world, JUST AS I DO NOT." [b]The Eagle[/b] [b]Leaving The Comfort Of The Nest[/b] The Eagle is a bird that is closely associated with pioneers of the heavenly way. Deut. 32:11 tells us how a young eagle gets its introduction to the practice of soaring in heavenly realms.."Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, and flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions..." All of these things speak of a young eagle leaving the comfort and security of a warm nest. The time has approached for moving on to the purpose for which you have been born! This is not a business of trying out your wings but a rather violent "stirring up of the nest." The mother eagle tears at the soft bed, breaks the twigs until the jagged ends stick out. In short, the mother eagle makes life very miserable for the baby eagle in the place that was once so nice. The young eagle is about to become utterly sick of its nest in order to be launched out into a pioneer journey into the heavenlies. [b]The Beating Of The Wings[/b] Still the young eagle does not leave the torn up nest. So the mother eagle begins to "flutter over her young". In short, she begins beating him with her wings. The wings under which he once hid from all danger now have become his greatest enemy (it appears). To escape those terrible wings, he climbs to the side of the nest, and as she spreads her wings, he hops on her back. Where the mother eagle goes now, he will go. The mother eagle soars high into the sky with the little eagle holding on for dear life. High above the clouds they soar and suddenly, without warning, she dives out from under the little eagle. He screams with fear as he tumbles through the air, but instinctively his wings stretch out and begin trying to catch the air. Down he plummets as his untried wings fail to function enough to hold him up. When it looks like all is lost and the baby eagle is about to crash on the rocks, the mother eagle swoops under him and bears him up on her wings. Glory to God what a relief! Back into the heights of heaven they soar, on her wings, but just as he thinks all is well, the process starts all over again. This time his wings operate more fully and with greater strength as he finally learns to catch the currents of air and soar by himself, needing no longer the mother to catch him from falling. [b]High Into The Heavens[/b] Sometimes a little eagle is taken from the nest and refuses to fly. He will not try his wings. He just waits for mother to catch him and bear him into the heavens again on her wings. Time and again the process is repeated until the mother eagle is convinced there is no hope for him, that she cannot teach him to launch out on his own. Now if he was a chicken, one would watch over him, feed him, protect him. Not so with the eagle. Either he learns to soar for himself, or he starves to death or becomes a prey of wild beasts. Knowing this, the mother eagle takes him high into the heavens for one last ride. Then with a wild screech of pain and disappointment, she dives out from under him and flies away, leaving him to drop to his death on the rocks far below. ************************************************************************************** [b]Eagles in a Storm [/b] Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it. The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our spirits and our being upon the Eternal. The storms will not overcome us as we experience God's power lifting us above them. God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm. Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them by the grace of God. [b]"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles."[/b] Isaiah 40:31. [/QUOTE]
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