LIKE AN EAGLE
Last week we
discussed extensively about the ant and God spoke clearly to us in Proverb 6:6
when He said “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise”.
This is a clear admonition for wisdom which the bible also refers to as the
principal thing. This means, wisdom is a principle which leads to understanding
for prosperity. The ant is in the business of gathering and storing food in dry
season (harvest time) to be use in rainy season (difficult moment). It stores a
lot to spend enough. Never wasteful because they have a saving culture, they
never lack. That’s wisdom!
You know,
the greatest enemy of man is not the
devil, is himself for not going for knowledge. So he remains in ignorance
(ignoring knowledge) and been tossed to and fro by little demons.
Today’s
topic is “Like An Eagle”. Here, we
shall be exploring the great manager of the sky and wind current. The best aero
dynamist ever created; the greatest vision seer and focus expert. Please, do
sit down and enjoy the sail. You may be wondering why I love talking about
animal creatures. This is simple! It’s because I simply love nature. Then in
addition, the in-depth understanding and/ or knowledge of these creatures
christened by man, will give us the true understanding of ourselves. When we
have the understanding that these animals were made and placed in our care to
harness, yet they explore their natural ability while we bury ours. Sure we
shall be motivated to face challenges and become champions. The eagles have
over 60 species of its kinds and live for about 40-70 years depending on the
kind. Female eagles are usually larger than their male counterpart.
The eagles
have about 7000feathers whose colours ranges from black-brown, white to gold and yellow peak.
Their peaks are made of keratin and are usually long and sharp. Eagles do not fly,
they glide and soar. Eagles have a high-pitch tone which can be heard during
mating, or when threatened.
Let’s take
some wonderful lessons from MR and MRS. Eagle. They could be a perfect guide
for us.
EIGHT WONDERS OF THE EAGLES:
1.
THE“BE YOURSELF” PRINCIPLE
Watch out for the eagle, during
flight. You are sure to see gliding or soaring alone or with other great
eagles. Eagles do not mix up with squirrels, ravens or sparrows. This principle
teaches us that we should watch the groups or peers we associate with and take
time to choose wisely. It was Solomon who said walk with the wise and you
become wise, walk with the fool and you would become one honourably.
Better Put: “he that walketh with wise
men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed”. Prov.13:20
KJV. Eagles can never be found among chicks. There are differences in being
different. Eagles could do the same thing differently. For instance, they don’t
fly but soar but also glide and they do not simply glide they do it with style
and acrobatic until they touch or reach the sky. They make conscious effort to
stand-out and to be different just to make a difference. They be themselves,
not emulating another. Human usually want to be exactly like their role model
or mentor; barb same hairstyle, dress same, do same cat or hippotamus or rynus
walk but the eagles maintain their personality, different from other birds and
stand-out.
2.
THE VISON-FOCUS PRINCIPLE
Eagles have great vision. I usually refer to the eagles as the great
vision seers. Eagles could see both front and side-view simultaneously. Eagle’s
eyes are four times sharper than normal human eyes. They could pick up a
swimming fish under the river from the height of 5 miles above the sea level;
maintain focus on the fish no matter the wind and turbulent distraction until
they finally capture their prey. This lesson teaches us to see the vision of
life before executing and when launching our action plan, we should remain
resilient, never distracted or lose focus and eventually we shall achieve our
goal, for vision is a mission in action to achieve and any man without a vision
of life is like a ship without a rudder, a waif and a no-body.
3.
THE FEEDING PRINCIPLE
Eagles never, never feed on dead
or decayed animals, vultures do. Eagles feed on live animals. Immediately after
capturing their prey, they devour and feed on them.
This principle teaches us the power of current and latest information.
Man is not what he eats but what he read. The mind must constantly be updated
and renewed everyday. St. Paul said “but
be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”. “Knowledge is power” according
to Francis Beacon but this knowledge must regularly be refreshed for optimum
growth.
4.
OPPOSITION BEGATS PROMOTION
Eagles derive joy in the midst of
the wind and storm. While other birds hide in the bush among grasses during
storm, the eagles bounce into the air. They make use of the thermal current to
soar high in the sky and relax their feathers while moving along the lines of
the current. The lesson here is that opportunities are abound in every challenge.
For, every great troubles, there is a great man. The saying goes “after the
rain, comes the sun” and the bible puts it better “weeping may endure for a
night, but joy comes in the morning”. Man is better trained by God than fellow
man. You know, challenges can never leave you the way it found you. So, take
the storm of life as the glory of God.
5.
TESTING BEFORE TRUSTING
Female eagle does not trust the
male for mating without testing. The female eagle will soar high with the male
chasing after her. She slide suddenly, pick up a twig and make a long upward
flight, and then drops the twig. The male chase after the twig and returns it.
This could repeat itself for three to four times with each twig dropping
occurring from a higher sky flight. Then, the female will allow the male to
mate with her. This training is a test of commitment. The two mates lives for
life without divorce or separation except death do them part. Another mate
could be allowed after a period of one year. This is a perfect lesson for
married couples.
6.
THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMITMENT
Both male and female join hands to train their young ones. The mother
incubates her egg and rest after some hours to change position, the male takes
over. During, the time of egg-laying, eagles soar to a very far place for fear
of predators. They build their nest on a high cliff. The father travels far to
gather materials for the nest construction. He does this one-by-one. First he
collects the thorns, then twigs,
followed by grasses, then thorns again and finally he removes his feather and
lay it on the thorns for safety of his unborn children. He also go on hunting
expeditions for the offspring’s. When the eggs are hatched by the eaglets with
their egg tooth, they are incubated and taking care of by both the male and
female eagles until when the eaglets can fend for themselves.
7.
LEARNING, RELEARNING & UNLEARNING
Few months after the birth of the young
eagles, their wings and tail feathers are fully developed. These are usually larger
and taller than those of their parents, but there is a problem. They cannot use
these feathers appropriately without a guide and proper training. So, the
mother introduces them to a sort of flight trainings. She will throw them from
the cliff but, because they are still inexperience, they will manage to fly
back to the nest. Some will never survive this training as they will smash,
onto the ground and die. At times the male will soar after the young ones and bring them back to the
nest. Then the training continues. The mother eagle on noticing that the eaglets
fly back to the nest immediately after been thrown out will remove the first
layer (feather) of the nest thereby exposing the thorns. Some eaglets will
endure the flight on seeing the thorns while others will step on the thorns and
endanger their feet as blood are seen gushing out of their feet. At this point,
the eaglets feel their parents are been unfair to them.
The big lesson here is that we must
continue in training and retraining, learning and relearning if we must succeed
in this life and the life after. Man therefore needs constant self- development
to glow his world and make a difference; positive impact in his generation for
we are not truly existing if we are not living. When we are corrected, rebuked or criticized, please
find time to check within for a conscious change rather than putting up malice
with the fellow. Their actions may be a proof of love for you just like the
mother eagle.
8.
NEW BIRTH: When eagles grow old with their thick and heavy
feathers, they no longer enjoy flight so they take a long journey to a distance
place away from predators. The hid under thick trees and begin to remove the
feathers one after the other until they are no more. Days enter weeks, weeks
into months and months run into years and fresh feathers are developed. At this
time, the eagle look s very young again like a new born eaglet. He takes time
to sharpen his peak properly; test his newly developed feathers and soar back
with great joy and ecstasy.
Lesson: man need some time to evaluate his
life activities, actions and inactions. It was a great writer and philosopher
who said that an unexamined life is not worth living. We need some quiet time
each day away from the usual hustle and bustle to meditate on God’s word; to
fast and pray and to shun some identified wrong behaviours. In this way, we
will remain fresh always in the Lord.
Let’s take time to go through the
principles again and make conscious decision today to become great and soar
high like the EAGLE.
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