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What a glorious picture this paints!
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Is that mother bird cruel?
(Charles Ebert Orr,
"Food
for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians" 1904)
"In a desert land He found him--in a barren and howling wilderness.
He shielded him and cared for him. He guarded him as the apple of His
eye--like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that
spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions."
Deuteronomy 32:10-11
This picture is full of life and truth and beauty. Have you ever seen an
eagle stir up her nest? You know what happens. There in the nest, right
on the rocky heights, are the eaglets. The mother eagle comes and, taking
hold of them, flings them out of the nest! They were so comfortable
there--but she flings them right out of the nest, high above the ground.
They begin to fall straightway. They never have been in air before; they
have always been in the nest.
Is that mother bird cruel? Why does she
disturb the eaglets?
Watch her and you will understand. As long as you look upon the
struggling eaglets in the air--you miss the point. Watch the eagle
herself. Having stirred up her nest, "she spreads her wings to catch
them." Where are the eaglets? Struggling, falling! Then what does
she do? "She carries them on her pinions." She swoops beneath
them, catches them on her wings, and bears them up.
What is she doing? Teaching them to fly. She drops them again--and again
they struggle in the air--but this time not so helplessly. They are
finding out what she means. She spreads her wings to show them how to
fly, and as they fall again--she catches them again.
That is just how God often deals with you and I!
Has He been stirring up your nest? Has He flung you out until you feel
lost in an element that is new and strange? Look at Him! He is not lost
in that element. He spreads out the wings of omnipotence to teach us how
to soar. What then? He comes beneath us and catches us on His wings. We
thought when He flung us out of the nest--that it was unkind. No! He was
teaching us to fly, that we might enter into the spirit of the promise,
"They shall mount up with wings as eagles." He would teach us
how to use the gifts which He has bestowed on us, and which we cannot
use--as long as we are in the nest.
Imagine keeping eaglets in the nest! It is contrary to their nature,
contrary to the purposes for which they are framed and fitted. There is a
purpose in the eagle. What is it? Flight upward! Just so, there is a
purpose in your life, new-born child of God! What is it? Flight Godward,
sunward, heavenward! If you stay in the nest--you will never get
there!
God often comes into your life and disturbs you. He breaks up your plans,
extinguishes your hopes, and dashes the vanities that have lured you on.
He spoils everything! What for? That He may get you on His wings and lead
you to higher Christian development and higher spiritual
purposes!
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We have published Charles Ebert Orr's 50 page book,
"Food
for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians".
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