ISAIAH 40: 30-31
40:31
THEY WILL SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLES
Isaiah must have watched eagles closely to see the way they soar. As birds go, eagles’ wings are big, but the muscles that make them flap aren’t.
Pound for pound, an eagles’ strength is no match for the strength of a humming bird.
The strength of eagles is not in their flapping but in their soaring. An eagle will perch high atop a canyon wall and wait for the thermals - - warm wind currents that rise up from the canyon below. When the rising wind is just right, the eagle will fold its wings to its sides, literally cast itself into the chasm and plummet into the abyss.
Isaiah would not have known this in his day, but God has equipped eagles with tiny sensors in their beaks to let the birds know when they have reached the optimal speed. When this happens, the bird will spread its wings, catch the thermals, rise up into the sky and soar. Isaiah didn’t know the mechanism, but he could see the effect.
Isaiah must have watched eagles closely to see the way they soar. As birds go, eagles’ wings are big, but the muscles that make them flap aren’t. Pound for pound, an eagles’ strength is no match for the strength of a humming bird. The strength of eagles is not in their flapping but in their soaring. An eagle will perch high atop a canyon wall and wait for the thermals - - warm wind currents that rise up from the canyon below.
When the rising wind is just right, the eagle will fold its wings to its sides, literally cast itself into the chasm and plummet into the abyss. Isaiah would not have known this in his day, but God has equipped eagles with tiny sensors in their beaks to let the birds know when they have reached the optimal speed. When this happens, the bird will spread its wings, catch the thermals, rise up into the sky and soar. Isaiah didn’t know the mechanism, but he could see the effect.
Isaiah must have watched eagles closely to see the way they soar. As birds go, eagles’ wings are big, but the muscles that make them flap aren’t. Pound for pound, an eagles’ strength is no match for the strength of a humming bird. The strength of eagles is not in their flapping but in their soaring.
An eagle will perch high atop a canyon wall and wait for the thermals - - warm wind currents that rise up from the canyon below. When the rising wind is just right, the eagle will fold its wings to its sides, literally cast itself into the chasm and plummet into the abyss. Isaiah would not have known this in his day, but God has equipped eagles with tiny sensors in their beaks to let the birds know when they have reached the optimal speed.
When this happens, the bird will spread its wings, catch the thermals, rise up into the sky and soar. Isaiah didn’t know the mechanism, but he could see the effect.
This is a great picture of hoping in God. Through no strength of our own, we cast ourselves upon God, fall into his mercy and soar on his promises. Our strength comes from trusting and soaring, not flapping and working.
To fully appreciate the power of this verse, read the entire chapter. The key sentence is, "To whom, then, will you compare God?" (40:18).
Isaiah’s method is to use negative contrast to show God’s incomparable majesty. He takes the things we already think to be great - - the earth, the seas, nations and the starry heavens – and shows them to be nothing compared to God. God has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, held the dust of the earth in a basket; before him all the nations are like a drop in a bucket, and the stars march out before him like obedient troops on the parade ground.
This is the God into whose power we cast ourselves and soar like eagles!
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