Navigating the Storms: Encouragement for the New or Renewed Believer

6 Traits of an Eagle

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When you put your trust in the Lord and commit to follow Him wherever He leads, you've actually stepped out of the boat and onto the solid rock. God will never allow you to utterly fall when you are living by faith. Verse six of Psalm 37 says, "He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light. He left his normal routine in order to follow God's voice. From that day on, his life was changed. When his enemies attacked him, they were destroyed.

When people tried to curse him, God cursed them. His life was indelibly etched into the tablets of history. If you are facing a time of uncertainty in your life right now, I beg you to return to the Lord. Orchestrate your schedule in such a way that you can have some time alone with the Lord. Come back to that place of rest, the place where you first met Jesus.

You remember it, don't you? You knew in the deepest part of your soul the reason why you were created. You knew you would never be alone. You knew you could never fail. Your mind was quiet before the Lord, and He spoke without hindrance into your life. I'm finding more every day how invaluable these regular times with Jesus really are. It's bearing fruit in every area of my life. My joy has increased, which has enabled me to more boldly share the Gospel. I'm able to see past the temporal, frustrating circumstances that I often have to deal with and into God's plan for me.

My thoughts are more orderly. There is a peace in my heart that is not shaken by external things. It's killing every bit of jealousy and strife in me. Worry is becoming less of an issue. Also, it is freeing me to serve others. I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture. This is my prayer for you as you step into the next phase of your life, into your new season. May the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus Philippians 4: And may you also find this beautiful place of rest in the Lord.

God has made it possible for you to know Him and experience an amazing change in your own life. Discover how you can find peace with God. You can also send us your prayer requests. Get spiritual refreshment in your daily e-mail with devotional stories that stir your heart and help you navigate life's challenges with biblical guidance. I believe this verse is referring to our calls in the Lord, not to our personal salvation in Him. What this verse is telling us is that many of the people God is calling are not being chosen for various reasons. What this means is that at times you may feel totally alone, depending on the type of calling that God has placed on your life and exactly where you are at in the development of that calling.

Traits of the Eagle and How It Pertains To Our Christian Walk

David was alone when he took on Goliath. No one else would step on the battlefield with him when he took on that evil blasphemous giant.

Peter was alone when he stepped out of the boat to walk on water, as the Bible says that the rest of the apostles were too scared to try and do it on their own. Moses was all by himself for 40 years in the backside of the desert before God called him out to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. David was hiding out in caves from Saul for quite a number of years before he was finally called out to become the greatest king of Israel.

When you are in these kinds of dry times and seasons with the Lord, just keep pressing forward and flying alone like the eagle does — and sooner or later God will bring you forth into the heart of your call where everyone will then see you and work with you on the call that God has placed on your life.

For the most part, eagles will always be found living on some type of higher ground. As Christians, we are already living on higher ground as compared to the rest of the world as a result of who we are in Christ. We are now born-again children of the Most High God.

Bible Verses For Faith in Hard Times

We are now kings and priests of the Lord. We now have the Holy Spirit, along His power and knowledge residing on the inside of us to help lead us, sanctify us, and empower us so we can all be used by the Lord in a mighty way for ministry. This is why the Lord is calling all of us to stay in the world, but not to be an actual part of the world. In other words, we are to be in the world, but not of the world. We are to keep ourselves separate from the corruption, pollution, vices, and sins of this world so God can keep us on His straight and narrow road for the rest of our earthly lives.

We live on this higher ground as a result of our position in Jesus. And we always need to keep reminding ourselves that we are living on this higher ground, as the world will always do everything it can to try and drag us down into their lower way of living. Another very powerful trait of the eagle is that they are very bold, courageous, and powerful. Eagles have literally been seen engaging with poisonous snakes and tearing their heads off with their beak.

They have been seen going right through major storm clouds, where most birds will fly away and hide in safety until the storm has passed. As we have stated numerous times in some of the articles in our spiritual warfare section, God is calling all of us to become good and mighty soldiers of Jesus Christ.

He is asking all of us to put on His armor and to engage with demons and to cast them out of people when necessary. Just like the eagle has no fear of any man, beast, or snake — in the same way we should have no fear of any demonic spirit or any evil human being since we all have God Himself totally on our side. The Bible tells us that greater is He that is in us than he who is in the world.

David perfectly proved that point when he took out Goliath with one perfectly, well-placed blow. In this article are of the very best battle verses in the Bible. These major battle verses will show you that God the Father does have a war side to His personality, and that He will not hesitate to go into battle to protect you and your close loved ones if you have been walking close with Him over the years. Just like the eagle is the most powerful and feared bird in the sky — in the same way God the Father can personally raise you up to be a mighty and courageous soldier for Him so you can do great and mighty exploits in the calling that He has personally placed on your life.

Due to the way eagles look and act, many people consider them almost majestic and invincible. They seem to have a look of royalty about them. In the same way, we, as Christians, have this same air of royalty about us since we are now considered kings and priests of the Lord due to the sacrifice that Jesus has personally made for all of us with His death on the cross. This majestic royalty that we now have operating through us all comes direct from Jesus.

It does not come directly from us, or any of the good works that we may have done to-date for the Lord. It all comes to us as a direct result of Jesus dying on the cross for all of our sins. Only the blood that Jesus has personally shed for each one of us on the cross is what makes us kings and priests before Him, lest we all get puffed up with our own pride and arrogance, thinking this was all of our own doing and making.

Once eagles mate with their partners, they will stay true and loyal to that other eagle for life. In the same way, once God leads us to the mate that He will want us to marry in this life, He will expect us to stay true, loyal, and faithful to that mate literally to the day we die.

Encouraging Bible Verses

In this article are some very heavy verses, all showing how much God hates adultery and what the ramifications may be for some of those who do not pull out of this serious sin within a reasonable length of time. God expects all of us to honor our vows and commitments made at the wedding altar. God takes marriage and the vows that come with it very, very seriously, and it is nothing to be trifled with or taken for granted once you hit a few minor speed bumps in the marriage. The Holy Spirit is the Helper and Counselor, and He can help heal any hurts or misgivings that may have occurred in the marriage if you will just learn how to open yourself up to Him and allow Him to work in whatever state your marriage may be in.

Another very interesting quality that eagles have is that they are very patient. Documentary film crews have filmed eagles spotting rabbits they will target as prey. Once the rabbit senses the danger, he will then go hiding in a hole, sometimes for as long as an hour or two before he finally comes back out. The eagle will then wait for that hour or two until the rabbit finally comes back out again. And once he does, the eagle will then swoop down and catch him within seconds. As a result of his patience, the eagle will then be rewarded with a big fat meal. This is why one of the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit is the fruit of patience, as we all need His patience operating through us so we can weather the storm clouds of this turbulent life.

Another very fascinating quality that eagles have is that they have two sets of eyes.

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The first set is their natural eye which they have when they are in a resting mode. However, when they start to take flight on these strong wind thermals, they have a second eye that comes in on them. This second eye then enables them to fly on these strong wind thermals without damaging their original eye.

This second eye is also used when they are seen flying through actual storm clouds. The heavy winds from a storm cloud could easily damage their normal natural eye, and this second eye gives them a protective covering as they are navigating through these heavy storm clouds. As Christians, we also have two sets of eyes operating in us. The first set is our normal natural eye which we use to see the natural world in which we live in.

However, we also have a second set of eyes and that is the eyes of the Holy Spirit. Since we all have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of us, we also have His eyes available to us at times to see things from His perspective. When this starts to occur, this is the Holy Spirit Himself allowing you to see things through His eyes, not your eye.

This is highly supernatural event when it starts to occur. The Bible says that the truth will set you free.

But you first have to see what that truth is before it can start to set you free. This is why we all need the eyes of the Holy Spirit operating in us, so we can start to see what the real truth is on many of the different matters and issues in our own personal lives. Just like the eagle needs his two sets of eyes in order to be able to live and survive in this world, in the same way we need both our natural eyes and the eyes of the Holy Spirit operating in us so we can properly work and function for the Lord in this life.

When baby eagles are first born, the mother eagle will build the nest in which to raise up her newborns in the wilderness, away from mainstream society. This is done so she can safely raise them up without any type of harm coming to them.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

In the same way, the Lord will sometimes build up His eagles in a wilderness type setting. Again, Moses was in the backside of the desert for 40 years before God called him out to complete the greatest deliverance mission of all time. David was in the caves of the wilderness for a number of years, possibly for years, before he was called out by God to become the greatest king that Israel has ever had. Some of you who are reading this right now may be in your wilderness setting with the Lord, where He is slowly raising you up in your calling for Him.

It is sometimes in these wilderness type settings that your greatest strides in spiritual growth are actually made in Him. Many of the creatures God has created have color patterns that blend in with their natural surroundings so as to protect them from other predators. However, not so with the eagle. The American bald eagle has dark brown skin with a white colored head.

As a result of this contrasting color pattern, they can easily be seen from quite a distance. I know this may be stretching this analogy a bit, but I believe that the dark skin of the eagle lines up with our flesh colored skins, and the white color on the head and face of the eagle line up with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit living in us. In other words, it is symbolic of the anointing that we have operating in us through the Holy Spirit. People who walk with a very strong anointing from the Lord are very noticeable from a distance.

These people have developed very strong personal relationships with the Lord over a number of years and they are walking very close with Him in working out their own personal calls for Him in this life. Just like the eagle stands out in his environment as a result of his might, prowess, and contrasting color pattern in the animal kingdom — in the same way, highly anointed Christians also stand out in their surroundings due to the presence and power of God Almighty Himself radiating out of them. Jesus Himself has told us in His Word that He is our light, and that once we have His light shining through us, that we are not to try and hide it underneath the table.

We are to let His light shine through us so we can reach the rest of the world with His message of eternal salvation. Once you isolate all of the main qualities of the eagle, I do not think it is a coincidence that they all perfectly line up with what God would like to have worked into each one of us. I believe when God says in the above verse from Isaiah that we will mount up with wings like eagles, He is meaning exactly what He is saying in this verse.

Once again, here are the main attributes and qualities of the mighty eagle, the most powerful and feared bird in the skies:. I believe the Lord is in the process of raising up an army of mighty eagles. I believe we are living in the last days as prophesied in the Bible, and God will be launching this army of eagles onto the earth in an effort to get as many people saved and on that rapture train as He possibly can before the end finally comes.

Some of you who are reading this article right now might be one these eagles being raised up by the Lord. If you are, study this eagle analogy very carefully, as I believe the Lord is giving all of us a very powerful and profound analogy. Read below or add a comment Thanks for this educative lesson about the eagle. Its important for christians to understand their position and soar above doubts and faithlessness. To stand strong against the schemes of the devil and be resilient in all circumstances.

Hallaluah what a Savior. I am trying to strengthen my wings for flight. The Holy Ghost is awesome. Please keep me in your prayers. May God richly bless you.

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This is so profound, informative and insightful. So amazed now I understand the scripture. Thank you so much and God bless. Attibutes of the eagle as they are potrayed in this article are overwhelmingly convincing. Thank you for this article. I dreamed I was high on a mountain looking out, and just s a pet dog nudges his head on your leg to be pet, there was a bald eagle.

I pet his head and we talked.

I told it how amazing it must be to see the things he sees from his point of view. Just then what looked like an angel with wings of fire came out of old the circular stream of fire. This article is an actual motivator. What you ask for,you get. I was asking myself what it means to soar up like an eagle.

Now I get the interesting points about how I should behave if I want to stay inside the spiritual boat in order to serve and invite my neighbours to my Lord Jesus. So marvellous and amazing to consume and meditate the word in the early quiet hours of the morning just alone and feel His power taking part on me.

Thank ,and thank you again. God bless us all. Susan Stuart- June This is an article that has not only encouraged my heart but has enhanced the call. One day, I was siting in the living room and I heard a thump on the air conditioner. I went to the window for fear that the air conditioner up above fell seeing that they had just made a mandatory request to have all air conditioned units bolted…to which was complied. I came face to face with a bald headed Eagle that watched me for a while and then took off, and landed on a nearby building.

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I love this article,the timing of it is amazing for me. I had a dream last night of many eagels flying over me. I laid down on the ground to watch them all. I have a tattoo of Isalah

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