Last night I had the privilege of leading the Wednesday evening Bible study at our Church.  As I was preparing I had a couple different thoughts that were running loose in my head.  We have been going through the book of Proverbs and I was not sure that I wanted to continue or go a different direction.

As I was reading Proverbs 30:18-19, “There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:   The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.” seemed to jump out at me.  I love eagles and the parallels we can draw from them.  The first phrase of verse 19, “The way of an eagle in the air;”.

The male eagle is like a human father.  One of his roles is protector.  As the mother eagle trains the baby eaglets to fly the father flies above watching over the event.  When a predator goes after an eagle they have been given a set of green sunglasses by our Wonderful God that they move over their eyes and then they fly directly into the sun.  When the light and heat get too intense for the predator they turn back.

As I thought about this my mind came to Psalm 84:11, “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.”  Our God is Light (sun) and He is our protector (shield). When we are under attack we need to fly to Him and the enemy will not be able to stand the Light or the heat.  Glory to God!

So, how are you doing?