Eagles Catch the Wind
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★EAGLES are known for soaring. They glide in the air. The amazing thing about eagles is that they don’t work that hard to hang in the air like they do. Eagles depend on wind gust and updraft.
When an eagle catches the wind, he can soar for a long time, just pausing ever now and then to flap his wings a bit. An eagle doesn’t fly, furiously beating the air with his wings. If it did, many of them would probably poop out because their wings are too heavy to do that for any length of time. They rest on the power of the wind.
Many people are tired of furiously fighting their way through life, trying to do the best they can. God would have us to catch the wind. He wants us to link into His will so that we don’t have to struggle unnecessarily where He’s provided a way. His commandments are not burdensome.
The point
Eagles soar by catching wind currents rather than furiously beating their wings; similarly, God calls us to link into His will and rest in His power rather than struggling through life alone.