Friday, July 19, 2019

Fwd: Gems From My Reading - 7522 (Isaiah 40:31)






"Be of good cheer."

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
(Isaiah 40:31)

Mounting up with wings suggests that the higher we rise, the wider the prospect.
As you have climbed some high hill, have you not noticed how the prospect widens?  

Almost every few steps in the ascent opens to your view some feature of the landscape 
you had not noticed before—the distant and the near lie extended as a map at your feet. 

That which had never been seen before becomes distinct and clear.

So God would have His children mount up with wings as eagles, in order that they may survey the prospect,
and the vast extent of their blessings that lie open to view.  As eagles!  No bird flies higher.

It sores aloft with unfaltering flight and with unflinching eye, gazing, it is said,
upon the glorious orb of day itself.

Have we risen yet on eagle's wings?  Have we taken in the full prospect of our blessing?
Have we comprehended the divine purpose?  God said of His people of old:   
"I have borne you on eagles' wings and brought you to MYSELF."
(Angels in White - Russell Elliot)

N.J. Hiebert - 7522