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…they shall mount up with wings like eagles…. --Isaiah 40:31 I’ve discovered a couple of interesting things about eagles. For one thing, eagles don’t grovel in chicken coops. No! These marvelous birds were created to fly high. And this is what today’s verse is telling you and me… God’s planned for us to take flight and to live supernaturally-empowered lives. Let me give you a little example. I once heard a man ask his friend how he was doing. His friend replied, “I’m doing okay under the circumstances.” Here’s my point. We were made to soar above our circumstances! The apostle Paul put it this way, “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:2). Listen! Eagles can’t be bothered when storms come their way. They just fly higher when the winds begin to blow. The harder the storm rages, the higher they fly! And this is what Jesus Christ has enabled you to do as his follower. When times of crisis come, when the storms rage… God speaks to your heart and says, “Look up here… come up higher… draw closer to me. I’ll see you through.” Don’t let anyone… not even yourself… talk you out of the promise to “mount up with the wings of eagles.” This is your promise from God! Let God lift you to new heights. Soar with the eagles! WE WERE MADE TO SOAR ABOVE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES! People Who Care for Others by Dr. Paul Chappell “But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;” 2 Corinthians 8:16–18 When Catherine Booth died of cancer in 1890 after many years of faithful service with her husband William in the Salvation Army, her body lay in state at Congress Hall in London. Thousands filed past her body, giving honor to the lady who had given so much to so many. The cream of London society and the rich and powerful filed by next to children from the slums and former drunkards. It is recorded that one elderly man paused by her casket and said, “I’ve come sixty miles to see her again. She was the means of saving my two boys.” The impact that we make on the lives of others is a direct result of the amount of care and compassion we have for them. That is because it is that care that drives our actions. There is no more powerful motivation than love. It changes the way we view other people, and it changes the way we allocate our resources, time, and energy. We invest in what we care about, and when we care, others can tell. “And of some have compassion, making a difference” (Jude 1:22). The world has many ways to counterfeit a number of the good things God calls us to do and be, but there is no substitute for compassion. The people with whom we work and to whom we minister will know whether they genuinely matter to us. And the more we care for others, the more we will devote ourselves to meeting their needs and reaching them with the gospel.   Today’s Growth Principle:  Only those who truly care for the needs of others are prepared to make a major impact on their lives.