The Eagle Speaks – Carried into His Presence
One of the best times for me to pray and think is when I ride my bike. Last Tuesday, Election Day, I hopped on my bike and rode around a reservoir near our house. As I called out to Abba Father for some direction a soaring bird with huge wings landed on top of a tree near the bike path. I quickly applied the brakes, as I was stunned to see a Bald Eagle above me. I pulled out my phone to capture this surreal moment and the eagle flew across the lake to join another eagle resting in a tree. I can count on one hand the times I have seen a Bald Eagle in the wild but to see two was unbelievable!
Mesmerized by the eagles perched high on the tree my mind began illuminating with Scripture texts about the majestic, powerful eagle. As the wind picked up the eagle took flight and soared over my head, again I tried to take a picture of it as it flew by. Well that black dot in the blue sky is the eagle 🙂 Needless to say I enjoyed the bike ride home, as I was filled with praise for the wonder of God’s creation.
The next morning, as I sat down to do my devotions, my focus turned to the recent elections and I contemplated what it all might mean for our country. Immediately God brought me back to the eagles I had just encountered and how the eagle is the symbolic bird of the United States. I turned the pages of my Bible and began looking up passages about eagles. I ended up with 33 references! The imagery presented in scripture about the eagle is utterly amazing and I think will be an encouragement to many in light of the recent elections. So for the next few blogs I would like to share what I believe the Holy Spirit impressed upon my heart about the eagle.
The first truth is from Exodus 19:4: Carried into His Presence
You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
I truly believe that our Father is preparing us His children for a new move of God where His passion is for us to be once again in His presence. We have been enslaved to our world, our “Egypt” for too long. Like an eagle God will place us on His wings and carry us out of bondage to His Holy Mountain to once again reveal His glory the place of true freedom. The eagle is a symbol of freedom and true freedom is only found in the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Join me in praying that the Father would place us on the wings of the Holy Spirit and bring us out of our sin and into the reviving presence of our loving Abba Father.
Your words spoke directly to my heart this morning. Thank you, Tim!
Again, what an awesome post you shared. Every time I read your posts I can hear the Father just speaking boldly though you. It reminds me so much of your messages, as you preached, I always felt the power of the Holy Spirit just bursting through. God is so amazing. I never realized that there were that many references about the eagle in the Bible.
It makes me also start to wonder if that is another reason why the eagle was chosen as our national bird. We were founded on Godly and Biblical principles and God has used the eagle in a symbolic way of how mighty He is!
Thanks for your words Julie. And I do think the early pilgrims thought they were being carried on eagle wings as many who came to America in the 1600 hundreds were fleeing religious persecution.