Standing in front of my mirror as I was getting ready for my
day, I wondered what I would look like if the mirror actually showed me a
reflection of my soul as opposed to my physical exterior. Now imagine what you
would look like if the mirror showed you the true you,because that’s what your
soul is, your total self.
Reflecting back to the time I re-committed my life to God I
saw that there were still many things I did and attempted to hide them. Having been
born again, but still did things my way, or friends’ way, or lovers’ way,
basically disregarding Gods way. The only difference between how I did things
before I was born again and after I was born again was that after encountering
Jesus Christ I became “shy” of doing things I knew I shouldn’t be doing,
whereas before I couldn’t have been bothered with my actions. Other than that difference
there was nothing different about my behavior, what was different was the
feelings my behavior brought about. What was once “harmless” fun had become
something that I felt bad about doing either during or after, something had
begun happening to me internally (soul) but my external( flesh) was still the
same, it still craved what I had
introduced to it over the years . There was a war happening between my immortal
being and my mortal being, I thought that maybe if I fed my mortal being in
private I would be fine. I was so wrong,
see what happened is that the more I fed my flesh the less I could hear Gods
voice (I was robbing my spirit of what was keeping it alive). It became very apparent to me that God does
not speak in the dark, He does everything in the light, light symbolises
godliness and goodness. “This is the message we heard from Christ and are
reporting to you: God is light, and there isn’t any darkness in Him. If we say
‘We have a relationship with God’ and yet live in the dark, we’re lying. We
aren’t being truthful” (1 John 1:5-6). I
actually thought I had my sins under control because I was not doing them as
frequent, as apparent and loud as before.
Boy was I wrong, instead of spending my time and energy on getting to
know this amazing saviour who had come to my rescue from I life that I was
tired of living, I was spending my time and energy coming up with ways to hide
my sins. “For the lighting, you must command the Israelites to bring you pure,
virgin olive oil so that the lamps won’t go out.” (Exod 27:20). Olive oil is
used many times throughout the bible to symbolise a number of things, the one I
would like to refer to is the time after the flood and the dove brought back an
olive branch to Noah, showing the promise of renewed life and new beginning, as
the waters had washed away all that which did not please God. God wants us to
live in the light in other words in Him, by continuously filling ourselves with
His promises, His words, His ways and His love.
When you become overwhelmed by the battle you face up
against your flesh remember that like the baby eagle carried on its mothers
wings, God will carry you on His mighty wings. Like the baby eagle, we are all
on a journey. We reach a certain point in our walk with Jesus where He will
push us out of our comfort zone in order for us to grow from strength to
strength ( this is called maturity, when He knows you are ready He will reveal more things to you, but they will require more from you). Very much like what the mother
eagle does for her eaglet. See there comes a point in the life of an eaglet
where the mother no longer brings food to the nest for it like she did when it
was still very young. She will remain motionless above the nest to show her
eaglet just how strong the wings attached to their backs are ( I would imagine trying to stay motionless in the sky is pretty much like planking, looks easy but requires a lot of strength). Eaglets have to
be taught how to fly, if they aren’t they will spend the rest of their lives
walking on the ground, I assume they would not live for long as they were not
designed for that kind of life. In our walk with God we need to be taught godly
ways as we are born into sin. If we are not, then we will continue in low
living and killing our spirits. We have to be born again in the spirit in order for us to learn from
our teacher Jesus, like the mother eagle, He demonstrated to us by showing how a child of God
should live. Back to the eagles, after the mother has demonstrated, she goes to
her nest and pushes the eaglet close to
the edge ( does that sound similar to what God does?), then suddenly pushes it
out of the nest. Now picture an eagles nest, unlike many birds who build their
nests in trees, it builds its nest high up on the mountains, so if the eaglet
was to touch down there is no way it would survive. The mother flies down in
lightning speed and catches her baby on her back before it hits the ground. The
reason she does this is because she knows that they are meant to fly, but the eaglet
just doesn’t know yet. She lets them fall BUT doesn’t let them hit the ground… (tell
me you see where I am going with this). After pushing the eaglet the mother
puts it back into the nest, she then starts taking out sticks from the nest
because she knows as long as the eaglet is comfortable, it will not learn how
to fly, eventually the eaglet will have no room to stand on and will drop out the nest and if it had been paying attention to it's mother, will flap its wings and fly.
I had read the bible many a-time but still didn’t understand
why my life was still falling apart. I mean it didn’t make sense at all, I was
told that the only way I was going to know God was by reading His word and
talking to Him through prayer, then why in the world was there no change in my
life, if anything it appeared to be getting worse. I learnt something from the
eagles, it’s all a matter of action. When you read the word and do the word
then only will you see changes in your life. (Read Exod 19:1-6). Once you take the first
step and obey His word it becomes easier and you will not see Him as a God who
punishes you and wants to wretch your life. He like the mother eagle does everything
to better your life, so that the true you starts to reflect. Not the one that was influenced by the world and had taken mold based on what others say and do.” You have seen
yourselves what I did to Egypt and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought
you to my mountain.” Don’t expect the worst from God, He is not standing there
with a whip so that when you make a mistake He is ready to hit you. Instead He wants you to learn from them to become better. There is a
reason why He pushes you, why He wants you to move out of your comfort zone,
why certain relationships have to end, why you need to move on. Obeying Him
will not lead to your demise, He will be there to catch you when you fall and
place you on higher heights. Picture the view… It’s okay to fall, but know that
you will rise at His feet and soar like the mighty eagle you were made to
be. Let Him be your mirror, allow Him to
reflect your true image.
The love of God will catch you always.*POW WOW
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