THEY SAID YOU COULDN'T FLY!

THEY SAID YOU COULDN’T FLY!

 Today is my 69^th birthday, so to celebrate I just want to encourage my family of friends…

 Two of God’s creatures CANNOT ACTUALLY DO what they so routinely do.  Bumblebees cannot fly at all due to their sheer weight and scanty wings.  Neither can hummingbirds fly, especially with the uncanny maneuverability they routinely achieve.  Oh, but both DO!

 Let’s zoom in on the hummingbird, arguably one of God’s finest aviary and aeronautic achievements.  Its flight capabilities mystify scientists and its sheer beauty is nothing less than breathtaking.  I recall the first time I saw a hummingbird.  They move with such astounding speed that they almost appear to materialize out of thin air.

 It is no exaggeration to state that their flight capabilities are miraculous.  Hummingbirds can fly upward, downward, forward, backward and even sideways.  They stop on a dime and hover in midair.  Their tiny wings flap so rapidly (an unbelievable 60 to 200 flaps per second) that their wings actually whistle.  And get this: Hummingbirds are capable of flying up to 60 miles per hour, rivaling the awesome speed of the cheetah, nature’s fastest land animal.

 Hummingbirds are incredibly tiny, actually the smallest bird in the world, but the strenuous flapping of their wings expends enormous amounts of energy.  They have a very high metabolism and they feed almost constantly on insects and nectar, ingesting twice their body weight every day.

 But we still don’t know HOW they do what they do!

 In that respect, hummingbirds remind me of BELIEVERS.  So many people just don’t ‘get us’ – do they?  Exactly how did we survive our last earthshaking crisis?  They just don’t get us!  How do we maintain genuine and peaceful smiles during moments of extreme pain, pressure, or personal loss?  By now they thought we would have given in, given out, or given up – but we didn’t, did we?  And by the grace of God, come what may, we are still standing…yet flying.

 So all I have to say is this: FLY, SPIRITUAL HUMMINGBIRD, FLY!  Quite possibly they mistakenly judged you by your perceived size; they wagered on what you could or would not do; they even cynically numbered the days of your career, your marriage, your ministry, or your life.  They said you would never be able to get off the ground.  You would become a serial failure.  You would not survive.  That's what THEY said.  But look at you!  Since you have ingested and internalized THE WORD, you are definitely flying - in spite of your origins, your obstacles, or the opinions of others.

 Onlookers are astounded because they just don’t know what you know; they just haven’t received the revelation knowledge that you are so richly blessed with and empowered by.  As one spiritual hummingbird by the name of Paul observed so eloquently: “I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME.” (Philippians 4:13)

 Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!