ON WINGS AS EAGLES

Isaiah 40:31

·        The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And they bore these names as a people in covenant with Him.

·        Many foolish frets, and foolish fears, would vanish before inquiry into the causes. It is bad to have evil thoughts rise in our minds, but worse to turn them into evil words. What they had known, and had heard, was sufficient to silence all these fears and distrusts.

·        Where God had begun the work of grace, he will perfect it. He will help those who, in humble dependence on him, help themselves.

·        As the day, so shall the strength be. In the strength of Divine grace their souls shall ascend above the world. They shall run the way of God's commandments cheerfully.

·        Let us watch against…

·        Unbelief,

·        Pride,

·        Self-Confidence.

·        If we go forth in our own strength…

·        We shall faint

·        We shall utterly fall

·        If we have our hearts and our hopes in heaven,

·        We shall be carried above all difficulties

·        We shall be enabled to lay hold of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus.

Many metaphors and similes are used in the Bible to help the people of God to understand themselves. In this passage the man of God is compared to the greatest of the fowls of the air, The Eagle.

I.                   THE EAGLE IS NOTED FOR HIS GREAT STRENGTH.

A-Christians Should be Strong in the Lord

B-Christians Should never be weary in well-doing

II.                THE EAGLE IS NOTED FOR HIS FAR-SIGHTEDNESS

A-The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on his tip-toes.

B-Stephen’s eagle-eye—Vision of the Son of God.

III.             THE EAGLE RISES ABOVE THE WORLD, WHICH IS

ENVELOPED BY DUST AND CLOUDS.

A-The Christian rises above the sordid things of the earth.

B-He walks on the earth but his head is above the clouds.

C-Man’s soul longs for freedom from sin.

IV.              THE EAGLE IS NOTED FOR LONGEVITY.

A-The Christian will live forever.

B-ETERNAL LIFE