Did you know this?
THE ONLY BIRD THAT DARES TO ATTACK AN EAGLE IS A CROW. HOWEVER, THE EAGLE NEVER FIGHTS BACK.
HERE’S WHY:
1. The crow is the only bird that has backbone enough to sit on the eagle's back and peck at its neck, trying to bring him down for his next meal.
The crow is relentless. He never quits pecking away. It's quite annoying.
But the eagle... stays calm.
2. The eagle doesn't flap his wings and try to dump the crow. The eagle doesn't fight.
He doesn't waste energy on trying to defeat the crow.
Instead, the eagle does just one thing. He flies higher and higher with the crow on his back.
3. The higher the eagle soars, the thinner the air becomes. The crow can no longer deal with the high altitude because the air is getting thinner and thinner and is harder for the crow to breathe.
4. The eagle, on the other hand, was created by God to survive the high altitudes and thin air.
4. Eventually, the crow gasps, loses his ability to breathe. His strength fails; and eventually, the crow falls off the back of the eagle.
5. This didn't happen because the eagle had attacked the crow, but because the eagle ascended and the crow plummeted, unable to catch his breath.
Here's your lesson from God's Creation:
Let the crows squawk and gossip. Let them attack you behind your back. But, instead of fighting back, don't respond to the devil's attacks. Instead, do what God created you to do. Just fly higher and higher!! That crow (or those crows!) can't attack in high altitudes as you get closer and closer to the "face of God!" Your ability to fly higher in the name of Christ will cause their sinful attacks to suffocate because of their own noise and their own foolishness.
Remember, it's useless to argue with a fool, because if you do, it's hard for onlookers to determine which is the eagle and which is the fool. "Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness or you’ll be like him yourself." - Proverbs 26:4 CSB
So, the next time a crow lands on your back and starts pecking away at your head and the back of your neck, REFUSE TO ENGAGE THE FOOLISH CROW!
Instead, just fly higher and higher, as Christ gave you the ability to do!
God gave you wings to accomplish high flight, and He gave you lungs that can deal with the thin air at high altitudes long before the taunting crow ever came around. God gave you all you need to whip the crow and send him plummeting while struggling to breathe! "...those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint." - Isaiah 40:31
Then, you can rejoice because God in you has won the war....and you won that war without ever firing a shot.
Used with permission from Pastor Ed Smith, CEO/Founder, Joy Christian Media Ministries