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Wings

It seems an easy manner of a bird in flight. One might think, “oh if only I had wings I would fly into the heavens.” The flight of winged creatures is laborious and limited. Were we as birds having flight capabilities we would quickly see that wings and feathers cannot break the bonds of earth's entrapment. Some say, “well when I get my angelic wings I will escape all that earth has and fly to heaven. It doesn’t work that way. I call your attention to Greek mythology and a father and son who gained flight capabilities. Icarus and his father, Daedalus, were imprisoned on an island by King Minos. To escape, Daedalus – a master craftsman – created two sets of wings made of wax and feathers. He warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, as the wax would melt. His warning, however, went unheeded. Icarus was so intoxicated by the experience of flight that he went higher and higher. As the wax in his wings melted, he tumbled into the sea and drowned. The saying “don't fly too close to the sun” is a reference to Icarus’ recklessness and defiance of limitations.

There is a great danger in attempting to circumvent God’s design for all things. Dreams are shadows on impossible journeys. Control would be absent in physical flight just as it is in wealth accumulation. It seems money has wings; it Crawls in, flies out. (Proverbs 23:5) “Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”


Psalms 36:7 “How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.”
Ruth 2:12 “The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.”
Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
Psalms 91:4 “He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.”
Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Know God, know peace. Amen. 06/19/21 BLL

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