FLYING IN CIRCLES --- BREAK THE CYCLE
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
CYCLE: Recurrent round, period of time, pattern... model, blue-print,
Pattern you copy over and over, behavior pattern, reaction pattern, thinking pattern...
(winter, spring, summer, fall; birth, baby, child, teen, adult, death; CO 2 to O 2; )
I. ONE OF LESSON OF THE BIBLE THAT DEALS WITH CYCLES AND PATTERNS IS HIDDEN
IN THE LESSON OF THE EAGLE.
A. WHAT POINT OF VIEW WILL WE THANK?
DO YOU THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN HOW THE MOUSE AND THE EAGLE VIEW
MOUNTAINS? Allow a time for those you are teaching to discuss the differing views of a mouse
and the eagle as they look at mountains? WHICH VIEW DO WE TAKE?
B. In Israel there are 4 known eagles: 1.) the golden eagle; 2.) the spotted eagle; 3.) the imperial eagle;
4.) circaetos heliaca.
C. Eagles are known for their swiftness in flight. They are also know for their ability to sink their
RAZOR SHARP TALONS into flesh and tear it's prey with it's beak.
D. I am told very few birds can fly with a broken wing. There does appear to be an exception to this
rule: THE EAGLE. I am told many eagles can fly if they have a broken wing. The problem with
the eagle's flight pattern when it has a broken wing is: IT CAN ONLY FLY IN CIRCLES...
around and around, it's flight pattern can not be changed.
E. EAGLES ARE KNOWN IN THE BIBLE A FAST/SWIFT TRAVELERS...
Deut. 28:49 The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift
as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were
not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
F. THE EAGLE FINDS SAFETY IN HIGHER ALTITUDES...
The eagle's nest is high above the reach of prey.
The eagle is known that it FLYS ABOVE THE STORM...
Job 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Jeremiah 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the
eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
G. THE EAGLE HAS GREAT VISION, I am told an eagle could read newspaper print from
1/4 mile away...
Job 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
[28] She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
[29] From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
[30] Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
H. IN THE OLD TESTMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT THE EAGLE IS A SYMBOL OF BRAKING
CYCLES AND OF THE NATIONS GOD USES AND SENDS TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WORK AND PLANS
Isaiah 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country:
yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Ezekiel 39:4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is
with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Matthew 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
II. THE EAGLE IS A GREAT LESSON OF BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE...
THE BIBLE REFERS TO THE EAGLE TRAINING TO FLY...
1. THE BABY EAGLET LOVES THE NEST AND IS SO COMFORTABLE AND WANTS TO NEVER
LEAVE THE NEST.
If the baby eaglet stay in the nest too long there is a problem with fleas, ticks, a cleanliness
issues... the dung will accumulate..
2. YOU CAN NOT STAY IN EGYPT...
Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought
you unto myself.
Deut. 32:11-12 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings,
taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
[12] So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
3. GOD'S LOVE AND CARE OVER HIS PEOPLE IS LIKENED UNTO A MOTHER EAGLE...
IT'S TIME TO FLY BABY...
4. SO THE MOM EAGLE SLOWLY PUSHES THE NEST TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF,
HERE GOES THE FIRST LESSON?
5. BUT MOM, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE NEST.
BUT EAGLET YOU WERE NEVER DESIGNED TO STAY IN THE NEST...
6. IN GREAT CARE AND LOVE THE MOM EAGLE PUSHES THE NEST AND THE BABY EAGLET OFF
THE CLIFF...
7. THE MOM THEN DIVES AND IS BELOW THE SCREAMING EAGLET... BOTH DADDY AND MOMMY EAGLE
ARE MANEUVERING BELOW THE EAGLET SHOWING IT TO FLY....
8. THEY BEGIN RISING HIGHER AND HIGHER, NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE EAGLET IS NEAR THE TOP
OF THE MOUNTAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD FLY TO THE SUN.
9. IF THE EAGLET GROWS TIRED OR DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY, THE PARENTS CATCH
THE EAGLET ON THEIR WINGS TO TAKE HIM HIGHER AND LAUNCH AGAIN.
10. IF THE EAGLET IS JUST NOT ABLE, ONE OF THE PARENTS WILL CATCH THE EAGLET ON IT'S
WINGS AND RETURN TO THE NEST UNTIL THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY CALLS...
11. HAVE YOU EVER FELT PUSHED OUT OF YOUR SAFETY ZONE?
GOD IS CALLING YOU TO STEP UP...
III. WE MUST LEARN TO IDENTIFY THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL CYCLES WE FACE AND BREAK
THEM AND DEVELOP A NEW ATTITUDE.
A. PAUL WAS A PRISONER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO ACT LIKE ONE...
Acts 27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him
liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
B.OUR NEW ATTITUDE: WE MUST ARISE ABOVE FEAR AND PROBLEMS...
Luke 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the
earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
IV. THERE ARE CYCLES WITHIN THE CHURCH, WE MUST IDENTIFY AND SEE WHERE
AM I? HOW DID I GET HERE? HOW CAN I BREAK THIS CYCLE?
Isaiah 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest;
and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
1. BONDAGE: slavery, subject to constraint, servitude, subjection, imprisonment
2. FAITH: complete trust or confidence, firm belief, duty, commitment,
3. COURAGE: ability to disregard fear, bold, confidently assertive,
4. FREEDOM --- PROSPERITY: free, unrestricted, power, self determination, to be except...
good health, enough, plenty, sufficient
5. SELFISHNESS: sin, concerned chiefly with one's own personal pleasure
6. COMPLANCY: smugly self-satisfied,
7. BONDAGE AGAIN: BACK IN THE TRAP...
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
V. THE ANSWER?
A. EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS WILL PLAY GAMES WITH YOUR MIND AND HEART.
B. STRESS/TENSION/FRUSTRATION...
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
C. REPENT --- BE CHANGED --- CONVERTED...
Psalm 23:1 A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
[2] He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
[3] He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
[4] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
[5] Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
[6] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the
Lord for ever.
Isaiah 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
[30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
[31] 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.
Conclusion: Our enemy has no new tricks, he uses the same old same old stuff on God's people.
We must learn to break the cycle.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
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