Quit Flapping, Start Soaring

You aren’t designed to flap

Your wings

Frantically,

Futilely,

Until you run out of fuel.

You are made to soar.

They who wait upon the Lord shall

Renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings

Like eagles. (Is. 40:31)

In wearisome times,

I bless your spirit to soar—

To find the updrafts of God’s grace

In Christ,

To feel the currents

Of His Spirit

And fly.

The long days of waiting

Are giving your wings a chance to grow.

Your spirit can sense the wind of the Holy Spirit,

And soar.

And that’s the Gospel!

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We’ll never soar by our own effort—we soar by the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. If we try to live by our own flapping power, we’ll eventually run out of juice. That’s why I like to bless your life every day. Blessing is an invisible grace that seeps into the soul—a positive vision spoken in accord with God’s word that fuels us for life.

Learn all about it in my new book, The Power to Bless, which just hit the shelves this week!