Lowered Wings

TOPIC: Our Posture in the Conversation


SCRIPTURE: "Devote yourselves to Him in this way..." (Col.4:2)


OBSERVATION: Devote means to commit yourself to, or allot, or use something for, a particular activity, aim, or purpose. In this case, we are to give ourselves to an ongoing conversation with our Lord.


APPLICATION: As I was doing my reading today I instantly thought about a devotional I read yesterday out of "Streams In the Desert" June 17

I felt like I was suppose to share it with you.



"Then there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood with lowered wings." (Ezekiel 1:25)



"What is the significance of these words;

'They stood with lowered wings'?


People often ask,

'How can I hear the voice of the Lord?'


This is the secret: 'living creatures' (v.5)
heard the voice


when?


when 'they stood with lowered wings.'



We have all seen a bird flutter its wings while standing in place. But in this verse, we are told

that 'there came a voice...

as they stood with lowered wings.'



Do you ever sit, or even kneel, before the Lord

and yet

are conscious of a fluttering in your spirit?



If so,

you are

NOT

exhibiting a sense of genuine stillness while in His presence.



Oh,



how much energy we waste!



How much time we lose



by refusing to lower the wings of our spirit

and

become totally quiet before Him!



IMAGINE



the calm,

the rest

&

the peace



that

WILL

COME



as we wait

in His presence

until

we hear from Him."





SO



Lower your wings!



PRAYER: Father God, thank you for reminding me that I am to GIVE myself over to prayer. Help me to stop and actually lower my wings in your presence. I so look forward to that becoming more and more a lifestyle.