Learning To Fly

Deuteronomy 32:11, “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:”
We can learn much by watching nature and how God cares for all His creations. Today’s passage taken from Deuteronomy32:1-12 we see God portrayed as a dedicated mother eagle who can be trusted by her young, even in the scary experience of learning to fly.
An eagle builds her nest high on the side of a mountain so as to protect her young. She prepares the nest with her own breast feathers and makes it as comfortable and secure as possible. Each eagle is given the instinct not only to build a secure environment but also knows she must force her young out of the nest one day. Eagles are made to fly; to soar above the clouds but each one must be taught how to fly. The mother eagle never fails to teach each one how to fly. Only then will they become what they were meant to be.
When the day comes to start the flying lessons the mother eagle tears up the comfortable nest and forces each eaglet out. She makes what once was a warm secure place uncomfortable. Then she picks up each perplexed eaglet, soars into the sky and drops it. The little birds will begin to free-fall. Where is momma now? She is not far away. Quickly she will swoop down under and catch the fledgling on one of her strong wings. This lesson is repeated until each eaglet is able to soar on their own.
We all need to learn how to fly. Sometimes we are forced out of our comfort zone and dropped. Free-falling is scary and we are afraid of how hard we will land. Just like the mother eagle God will fly to our rescue and spread His everlasting arms beneath us. Each lesson will give us new strength to face the future ahead. Just like the young eagles we will rise and soar above the clouds with God as our guide. Trust God to teach us how to fly and there are no heights we cannot reach.