We Are Made To Soar Like Eagles!

If we've ever visited a large zoo, we are saddened when we see the majestic eagle confined to a cage. It's very difficult to see these God-created birds just sitting on their perches day after day, for they were created to soar to great heights — to dance among the clouds — not to be prisoners in a cage.

Unfortunately, some Christians are similar to caged eagles. They are made to live as free citizens of heaven, but they are imprisoned by their own sin (John 8:34; cf. Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19). Their spiritually corrupt condition must break God's heart (Deuteronomy 32:7-14; cf. Matthew 23:37-38). 

He knows what they could become, but they have placed themselves in a cage. And the irony of it is, that it is a cage with open doors (Revelation 3:20).

The apostle Paul said that we who have obeyed our Lord in baptism, have died with Him to the sin that confined us in our old life (Romans 6:1-4). And we are now alive in Him (Romans 6:6-11). We are not the same person we used to be (2 Corinthians 5:17). Therefore, we must stop making the same mistakes as we did before we became a child of God (Romans 6:12-14).

Dear reader, we need to think long and hard about the above truths and remind ourselves of them often. Through the willing and loving sacrifice of our Savior, and through our obedience to the gospel, we have been set free from sin! (Romans 6:17-18). 

Like the majestic eagle, we were never meant to be imprisoned in a cage. Therefore, let us willingly confess any sin in our lives (1 John 1:9) and begin to trust in God anew (Proverbs 3:5-6), for we are made to soar like eagles! (Isaiah 40:28-31).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets