Ready to Fly

“When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, out of the serpents reach.” Revelations 12:13-14

1 year of a childhood can turn many years of a life into a horrible nightmare, but God can use every real-life nightmare for His Good and His Glory.

In Revelations, John witnesses many things yet to come. In this section of the vision he is shown a woman being chased by the devil and the dragon. This woman isn’t just any woman, she is the one that bore the child. She has a testimony, a story, that is needing to be told, and God protects her by giving her wings to fly away from them.

Just like that, many years ago, there was a nightmare in my own life that I know my parents still want to take back if they could. And through this real life trauma I experienced years of nightmares with people chasing after me trying to harm me. But every time, and I mean every single time, Out of no where, I would be led in my dream to open my arms while running to immediately begin flying. These nightmares as they were, didn’t just give me the ability to fly, but they gave me the confidence to know I was taken care of and there was no reason to fear the intentions or harm of others.

As I look back over the hard things in my childhood, I can see how God was wooing me to Him. In these nightmares, also know as dreams, God was revealing to me that He had such a great purpose for me on this earth that I would need to depend solely on His power to fulfill what was yet to come.

Like the woman in Revelations, the devil has constantly been chasing me over the years. He so badly wants me in his clutches to destroy me and the testimony that God has given me. There is nothing that he wants more than to cause me to fall short and fall away so I won’t lead others to Jesus. But thankfully, every time I’m tempted, God gives me wings, not real wings, but the power to fly from the temptation that is all around.

God will provide for you too! He will provide a way out from every temptation that you face. We need to lean into Him and His power to spread our wings and fly, holding fast to the testimony He’s given each one of us. We need to run until we’re Ready to Fly.

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