THE EAGLE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A CHICKEN!!!!
A fable is told about an eagle who thought he was a chicken. When the eagle was very small, he fell from the safety of his nest. A chicken farmer found the eagle, brought him to the farm, and raised him in a chicken coop among his many chickens. The eagle grew up doing what chickens do, living like a chicken, and believing he was a chicken.
A naturalist came to the chicken farm to see if what he had heard about an eagle acting like a chicken was really true. He knew that an eagle is king of the sky. He was surprised to see the eagle strutting around the chicken coop, pecking at the ground, and acting very much like a chicken. The farmer explained to the naturalist that this bird was no longer an eagle. He was now a chicken because he had been trained to be a chicken and he believed that he was a chicken.
The naturalist knew there was more to this great bird than his actions showed as he “pretended” to be a chicken. He was born an eagle and had the heart of an eagle, and nothing could change that. The man tried again and again to convince the Eagle that he was an Eagle and he was made to fly, but something keeps the eagle rooted in the ground.
Knowing what eagles are really about, the naturalist asked the farmer to let him try one more time. He would return the next day and prove that this bird was an eagle. The farmer, convinced otherwise, said, “It is a chicken.”
The naturalist returned the next morning to the chicken farm and took the eagle and the farmer some distance away to the foot of a high mountain. They could not see the farm nor the chicken coop from this new setting. The man held the eagle on his arm and pointed high into the sky where the bright sun was beckoning above. He spoke: “Eagle, thou art an eagle! Thou dost belong to the sky and not to the earth. Stretch forth thy wings and fly.” This time the eagle stared skyward into the bright sun, straightened his large body, and stretched his massive wings. His wings moved, slowly at first, then surely and powerfully. With the mighty screech of an eagle, he flew.
GOD created US for a purpose. In Proverbs 139:14 it says: I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. In Jeremiah 29:11, the Lord said: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
GOD has specific plans for our lives. From the number of strands on our hair, to the littles problems, annoyances, aggravations, the LORD knows them all. Every joy, laughter, tears, sadness and pain, the Lord is always with us in every step of our journey. The sad thing is, WE sometimes forget that we are the children of God. Sometimes because of life’s challenges we feel insignificant, we belittle ourselves, that we are worthless, and deserves to be punished, pushed out, that we deserved to be trampled even though we are already down. Miserably, we think of ourselves as CHICKENs. And sometimes to fit in, we act and behave like CHICKENS, and lose our true self.
But WE are not chickens. Each of us has a destiny that can only be fulfilled by YOU. Only you can fulfill your purpose because since your conception, you have been earmarked, specifically created by design by the greatest Architect in the Universe, GOD; to be his servant, to be his beloved, to be his POWERFUL CHAMPION. Each of us has a destiny to fulfill, a battle to be won, and a wonderful life to live. Because God made us to enjoy life to the fullest, with his grace, love and blessings!!! WE are after all Kings of our Domain!! WE ARE EAGLES!!!!
As Skillet said: If we’re gonna fly we fly like Eagles, Arms Out Wide. If we’re gonna fear, WE fear no Evil, We will Rise. By your power we wil go; By your Spirit we are Bold; If we’re gonna stand we stand as Giants; If we’re gonna walk we Walk as Lions!!!! DECLARE with full conviction: I AM MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD!! I AM AN EAGLE!!!
