Eunoia

Our battles are fought in the realms of our will before God. The daily struggle of our lives means that we have to be willing to fight as believers. Tenacity, resilience, courage and focus are our weapons. The lies of the enemy are arrows that bombard us with thoughts to fulfill our own desires, our wills and our plans.

But when the world is bleak and dark and we are sometimes falling apart, we hold on to the promises of God and stand firm in our faith. People don’t agree with us. We are misunderstood. Take up the sword of the Word and shield of faith to do battle with the enemy. Fill your mind with beautiful thinking and pure thoughts of love, truth and joy. Soar like the eagle.

There is an old indigenous legend that is about a warrior who found an eagle’s egg and put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle grew up thinking he was a chicken. He scratched for seeds and insects to eat; clucked and cackled and only flew a few feet off the ground like his “siblings”.

Years went by and the changeling grew old, but one day he saw a magnificent bird flying in the sky. It hung on the powerful wind with graceful majesty and soared on its strong, golden wings.

When the changeling asked “What is that beautiful bird?” he was told, “that’s an eagle, the king of birds, but you could never be like him; you are a prairie chicken.” Sad to say, the changeling died thinking it was just that.

…but those who hope in 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. Isaiah 40:31

So, don’t settle for a chicken when you can be magnificant and soar like the eagles.