An Eagle Caught by Its Own Catch
Illustration★★★★An eagle once dived down to the surface of Lake Chautauqua and rose with a fish weighing about ten pounds. He flew up to about one thousand feet. As his wings tired he tried to let the fish go, but his talons were so imbedded that he couldn’t turn loose. He dropped into the lake and drowned.
The hold of materialism may become so strong that it becomes fatal.
Milbourn H. Miller, Notes And Quotes, 119.
The point
An eagle catches a fish and holds so tightly its talons cannot release, causing it to drown in the lake—illustrating how materialism's grip becomes fatal.
Scripture
1 Timothy 6:10
Audience
Adults
Tone
Warning · Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 85 words
Subjects