Soar Into Strength!
"But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run
and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
Isaiah 40: 31
The Andean condor is the world’s largest soaring bird.
With a wing span of more than ten feet, condors can
soar for up to five hours, covering one hundred miles,
without flapping their wings once!
In one study, a group of condors spent just one
percent of their time aloft flapping their wings.
The prophet Isaiah had never seen an Andean condor, but
he had certainly seen eagles and other soaring birds in the
Middle East. It is no wonder that he used the image of a
soaring eagle to represent one who waits on the Lord.
Once aloft, it is the power of the wind that keeps the eagle
soaring, not the power of the eagle itself. In the Christian
life, it's the wind of the Spirit of God that gives us power
to run and not be weary, to walk and not grow faint.
Spending time with God daily is a time to
renew your strength as you wait upon
Him in prayer and Bible study.
Only he who can say,
“The Lord is the strength of my life” can
go on to say, “Of whom shall I be afraid?”
Alexander MacLaren
