tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492057691297163332.post7212216965782345575..comments2012-10-13T09:03:59.822-07:00Comments on Dr. Harry C. Smith: The EagleDr. Harry C. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10816613388601924625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492057691297163332.post-65039259065080329952012-10-13T09:03:59.822-07:002012-10-13T09:03:59.822-07:00Though very very often, this urban legend is mista...Though very very often, this urban legend is mistakenly associated with the passage on Eagle in Isaiah 40, the legend has no scriptural basis. The urban legend's intent is to motivate people going through mid-life crisis, to tell them that they can extend their useful professional or social life by making some hard decisions or by re-skilling, etc., However Isa 40:31 talks about a daily waiting on the Lord and not any one-time exercise, and hence has a different context.<br /><br />What our 'daily waiting on the Lord' maps to in the Eagle's experience is what is called as 'Molting'. I talk about it in my blog post at http://word-this-week.blogspot.in/2009/07/sweet-fellowship-that-carries-us.html<br /><br />Different kinds of eagles have varied life-spans (from 30 to 50 years) and it is fascinating to learn how the Eagle grows in strength with passing years. Every year between April and July (which may sometime extend all the way from March to October) it loses a third of its feathers through a process known as molting, when it slows down and waits to get new ones and fly again with renewed strength. In successive years, it loses a different set of feathers such that it has new feathers all over, every 3 to 5 years.<br /><br />Isaiah refers to this metaphorically to say how we too can grow in strength like an eagle, if only we will wait on the Lord each morning. If we can wait for God in solitude and in silence, we can hear God whispering in our hearts. Jesus had this experience of rising up in the silence of the wee hours of the morning, and going out in solitude to pray and to be in His father’s company. We find in Mark 1:35, “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” While starting a new day, following a very busy day, he knew that this was the way to restore him. He knew the promise in Isa 40:31, “but those who 'hope in' (or 'wait on') the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”Johnson Selwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212294014357388739noreply@blogger.com