It’s never a convenient time? Eaglets never sense that it’s time to leave the nest and move on to their destiny.
But their parents know when it’s time. The mother eagle begins to take away the leaves and padding she so dutifully placed in the nest in preparation for their birth.
She watches them as they hatch and grow. Left to its own devices, an eaglet might never leave the nest, instead remaining content to let Mom keep bringing food. But the mother knows when the time is near.
The process of eagles learning to fly is not nearly as detached as some may think. While the eaglet learns to take steps and flap its wings in preparation for that first flight, the parents are rarely far away.
They may even watch as their eaglets practice flapping their wings and testing the branch on which they are perched. The eaglets are getting ready while their parents watch.
Like the eagles, God does not thrust you out of your comfort zone and turn away. Even as you test your strength and try to navigate your way to where you have never been, God is still near, watching so you will not fall.
Maybe you feel it’s not time for change in your life. It may not seem like a good time to shift your priorities or start reordering life plans.
It may not be the right time to change jobs, to go back to school, to move to a new city, to break away from an unhealthy relationship, or to change your spending habits. That’s when God begins stirring the nest, initiating disruption so you will get moving.
Think about the major changes that have come into your life. Did any of them happen at a convenient time? When you understand that your timing and God’s timing are different, you are in a better position to accept life’s inconveniences.
Bankruptcy may be the ordering you need to establish sound financial planning for your future. The timing for events that happen in your life may seem bad for what you understand night now.
You may lose your job two weeks before Christmas and it may seem like the worst kind of timing, but the timing can be totally relevant to Destiny. A present inconvenience May be necessary for a long-term benefit.
The time to shift your priorities in the direction of Destiny is never convenient. There will always be a reason to put it off until later.
There will always be someone who gets angry with you for prioritizing your life in a way that affects what he or she wants you to do.
Maybe your cousin will stop speaking to you because you can no longer babysit, but that’s no reason to put off enrolling in night classes. Your children may be angry with you for putting the family on a budget, but you can’t put off saving for their college education because of that.
Your sister may stop speaking to you because you won’t pay her rent anymore, but it may be time for you to stop making her rent more of a priority than securing your own financial future.
Maybe someone you considered a friend will kick you to the curb because you stop hanging out so much with the fellas to be with your girlfriend. Prioritize your relationships and you will discover who your real friends are.
You will always find excuses to wait. Your decision to prioritize Destiny will always make someone angry, but better that person be angry with you than for you to be angry with you.
I guarantee you will end up an angry person the day you awaken spiritually and realize that you’ve adhered to everyone’s priorities except your own. Your chief priority is an appointment with Destiny!
