READ: ACTS
7:55-60
Eagles
enjoy their full life span. No enemy can easily shoot them down. They are
difficult to catch. The y don’t fall sick easily because they eat only living
things. They are not trapped by the rain so they don’t get pneumonia. Almost
all of them grow old. Job 5:26 says: “You shall come to your grave in a full age,
like as a shock of corn comes in his season.”
A true spiritual eagle is not afraid of death. If you live in obedience to God, you will not die before you complete your assignment on earth. Every move of Satan and his cohorts to take your life will continue to fail. The Pharisees and wicked leaders of the Synagogue made several attempts on the life of Jesus but they never succeeded until it was time to go the Cross. He willingly released himself into their hands (Luke 4:28-30). You will not die before your time.
When the time of an eagle is over, it behaves in a strange way. It goes to the highest mountain possible and perches on the highest point. It sits down and faces the sun. It remains in this position looking at the sun until it dies. This teaches us as spiritual eagles not to fear death but to fix our gaze on the Son of righteousness, the Lord Jesus himself, as we grow old and ready to depart (Malachi 4:2). You should die sitting down and looking unto Jesus, because he is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). Since he began our faith, he also will end it.
A time to die is a time to look to the Lord, because you need his help. David says in Psalm 23:4 that Jesus will be with you when you go through the valley of the shadow of death, so you will not fear. Stephen looked to Jesus shortly before he was stoned to death and saw him standing with arms to welcome him home (Acts 7:55-56, 59-60). Revelation 21:23 says Jesus is the Sun of the Heavenly City. As we take our gaze from last minute worries and focus on Jesus, we will keep looking and drawing closer to him until suddenly we discover we are in the Heavenly Country. What a glorious exit!
A true spiritual eagle is not afraid of death. If you live in obedience to God, you will not die before you complete your assignment on earth. Every move of Satan and his cohorts to take your life will continue to fail. The Pharisees and wicked leaders of the Synagogue made several attempts on the life of Jesus but they never succeeded until it was time to go the Cross. He willingly released himself into their hands (Luke 4:28-30). You will not die before your time.
When the time of an eagle is over, it behaves in a strange way. It goes to the highest mountain possible and perches on the highest point. It sits down and faces the sun. It remains in this position looking at the sun until it dies. This teaches us as spiritual eagles not to fear death but to fix our gaze on the Son of righteousness, the Lord Jesus himself, as we grow old and ready to depart (Malachi 4:2). You should die sitting down and looking unto Jesus, because he is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). Since he began our faith, he also will end it.
A time to die is a time to look to the Lord, because you need his help. David says in Psalm 23:4 that Jesus will be with you when you go through the valley of the shadow of death, so you will not fear. Stephen looked to Jesus shortly before he was stoned to death and saw him standing with arms to welcome him home (Acts 7:55-56, 59-60). Revelation 21:23 says Jesus is the Sun of the Heavenly City. As we take our gaze from last minute worries and focus on Jesus, we will keep looking and drawing closer to him until suddenly we discover we are in the Heavenly Country. What a glorious exit!
MEMORIZE:
JOB 5:26 –You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
comes in in his season.
