EAGLE - LESSONS

EAGLE -  LESSONS

"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. 

Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: 

  When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, 

When He separated the sons of Adam, 

He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. 

  For the Lord's portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance. 

  "He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; 

He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. 

  As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, 

Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings, 

  So the Lord alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him. 

  "He made him ride in the heights of the earth, 

That he might eat the produce of the fields; 

He made him draw honey from the rock, 

And oil from the flinty rock;

Deuteronomy 32:7-13

 And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, 

"Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 

  'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, 

and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. 

Exodus 19:3-4

 Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: 

"My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God"? 

Have you not known? Have you not heard? 

The everlasting God, the Lord, 

The Creator of the ends of the earth, 

Neither faints nor is weary. 

His understanding is unsearchable. 

He gives power to the weak, 

And to those who have no might He increases strength. 

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 

And the young men shall utterly fall, 

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; 

They shall mount up with wings like eagles, 

They shall run and not be weary, 

They shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:27-31

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The Samaritan Woman

The Samaritan Woman

 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria. So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well.

To get to Galilee from Judea, 

one had to go through Samaria. 

In fact the Lord JESUS needed to pass through Samaria 

as He had a divine appointment there!

Operating in a human body,

The Son of GOD became hungry, thirsty and weary.

So He sat by the well

Besides, the city needed to 'get well'!

 It was about the sixth hour. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 

JESUS breaks all cultural barriers and connects with her as a human being with a physical need. 

He has a need that she can meet!

People are usually more willing to receive from us if we show readiness to receive from them first.

Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

Then the LORD reveals to her what He can offer her.

The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 

Her human mind cannot fathom the origin of living water. She was looking down to something that comes from above!

Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?" Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." 

Water is necessary to sustain life and we need a source that can keep replenishing that need. The LORD is quick to take the opportunity to open up her mind to think spiritual. He relates the natural to the spiritual truth. He was the Fountain of living water!

The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." 

The mind of the woman is still on the physical level.

Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." 

All this while JESUS is purposefully causing to let the bucket of her life deep down, from the physical now to the soul.

The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,' for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly." 

JESUS comes out with a word of knowledge.

The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 

From looking at Him as a Jewish Man, then sir, the woman now acknowledges JESUS as a Prophet.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship." 

Imagine the bucket of her life descending down into the deep well gradually!

While the woman of Samaria is preoccupied with the differences between the LORD and herself that would disconnect and distance them from each other, the LORD is bringing her to a place where she could connect with Him spiritually.

Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." 

The LORD could see her bucket almost down at the water level in the well of Living Water. "The hour is coming, and now is.."

The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." 

The woman is just one breath from receiving the breath of eternal life: Her bucket is just about to tip into the well of Living Water, coming up filled with new life!

Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He." 

The encounter!
The revelation of the Messiah!!
The Giver and Fountain of Eternal Life!!!
Her Savior!!!!

At this moment the Holy Spirit, the water of life, floods into the woman, connecting her with the Living GOD! She is made alive spiritually!!

And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?" 

What amazingly divine timing!
There must have been such an atmosphere of the divine Presence and awe that the disciples, having many questions in their minds are unable to voice them; they are speechless!

The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, "Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" 

The woman goes into the city as a water pot full of living water.
Although her mind is somewhat confused, her pot is overflowing!

Then they went out of the city and came to Him. 

Surprisingly, the men of the city took the word of this outcast woman of bad moral reputation seriously and came out of the city to the well to see JESUS, because she seemed so DIFFERENT NOW!!

If you have had an encounter with GOD and have received the water of life, you will bring others to the well of living water, the LORD JESUS.

In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." Therefore the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. 

Just as the body is satiated with food, there is great fulfilment in the soul when we do the things GOD has created and called us for. 

Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! 

How is your spiritual vision?
When you see a wheat or paddy field, are you able to visualize the souls that are ready to be brought to the LORD?

And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." 

This is the Kingdom work we ought to give highest priority to and be occupied with constantly. Matt 6:33

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all that I ever did." 

The woman shared a simple, clear, honest testimony which was powerful enough to draw her city to JESUS!

So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 

The love of the Saviour draws the sinner as a metal to a magnet!

And many more believed because of His own word. Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."

Once we bring someone to the LORD JESUS, let us step aside and allow them to form a direct relationship with Him.

Are you thirsty?
Come to the Fountain of Living Water.
Drink deeply.
Then let your life overflow as a blessing to others.

 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
John 7:37-38

 

Wicked, Weak and Weary

Wicked

"The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. - Jeremiah 17:9-10  

The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth; He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works. - Psalm 33:13-15

Every human being is born with a heart that is wicked. The physical heart is turned to the left indicating that all of us have turned away from GOD.

GOD specialises in fashioning and restoring hearts!

"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. - Isaiah 1:18-20

GOD is wooing us back to Himself with great love.

We need to be willing and allow Him to work on us.

Refusing His invitation and rebelling against Him is wickedness. So also is stubbornness.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king." - 1 Samuel 15:23

But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, And the unfaithful will be uprooted from it. - Proverbs 2:22  

Unfaithfulness is wickedness.

They said to Him, "He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons." - Matthew 21:41

As servants of GOD, not rendering to the LORD in their seasons the fruits of our work in His vineyard is wickedness.

We need to be diligent to treat those whom we serve as GOD’S property.

We should also give GOD all the glory and not take pride in the success of the work He enables us to do.

Our joy and rejoicing should be the LORD Himself more than the fruit of our work.

The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. - Proverbs 15:29  

Only the prayer made in the name of JESUS is heard by the LORD because our righteousness in only in Him.

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. - James 1:21  

Let us lay all our filthiness of sin and wickedness at the foot of the cross of JESUS where it can be disposed of effectively.

We can also dispose of the wickedness of others thrown at us by leaving them at the cross in intercession.

It is the word of GOD that is able to cleanse our souls of all wickedness.

As the word convicts us, let us put away all wickedness and receive the truth of GOD’S word.

Let us forsake our wicked ways, repent and return to Him.

Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. - Isaiah 55:7

Let us allow the LORD to change our wickedness into Godliness.

As I decrease and JESUS increases in me wickedness will decrease and righteousness will increase in me.

Therefore let us not refuse the LORD and rebel against Him

but repent of our wicked ways and return to Him.

Let us not reject His word but receive it with meekness.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. - Psalm 139:23-24

Weak

"Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." - Matthew 26:41

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. - Hebrews 4:15

He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. - Isaiah 40:29-31

And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. - 2 Corinthians 12:9  

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. - Romans 8:26

"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. - John 15:5

We are strengthened in our weakness by the LORD as we watch and pray as led by the Spirit and wait on the LORD and abide in Him. His strength is made perfect in our weakness.

We should also strengthen others in their weakness

Weary

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30  

For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people, To whom He said, "This is the rest with which You may cause the weary to rest," And, "This is the refreshing"; Yet they would not hear. - Isaiah 28:11-12

Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. - Romans 8:26

"Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, "how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. "Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget. - Deuteronomy 25:17-19

We are spiritually strengthened when we pray in the Spirit in tongues.

We need to come to the LORD JESUS and find rest in Him.

When we enter into His rest we only do what He requires of us.

As we find our rest in Him we should also rest physically.

We should not become busybodies so that we are too weary to do what GOD requires of us. We should save our time and energy to joyously do His will.

We also give the devil the opportunity to attack us when we are unduly weary.

Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me." And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. "But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her." - Luke 10:38-42

Attacking one who is weak and weary to make him fall is a work of the devil. That is what he did to JESUS and now does to us. We should never do that to others. We should help others in their times of weariness.