THE RUFFLED NEST

"Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses." - Mitt Romney

Ruffled Nest

An eagle’s nest is quite elaborate, taking up to six weeks to build. Its lined with soft grass, moss and corn stalks. To complete the nest, the bottom is padded with feathers. For the first twelve weeks, the eaglet relaxes, trusting its parents for everything. When it’s time for it to learn how to fly, the parents use their sharp talons to pull apart the soft materials lining the nest. Then the mother eagle rises and hovers over the nest, flapping her huge wings - stirring the nest removing all the stuff that kept the nest cozy. The message? It’s time to leave your life of comfort. Sometimes - if needed - the mother literally knocks her baby out of the nest, follows it as it falls, and swooping it onto her wings at the last moment. The mother eagle knows that her young one can only survive by learning to fly.

The problem with many people is too much comfort. We have become too comfortable. Little wonder the bible says, "Woe unto him who's at ease in Zion." I saw the movie, "Impossible" recently: a true story. The movie is a depiction of probably, the worst natural disaster in human history - a Tsunami. It left a trail of disaster that changed human life for ever. After the disaster, Lucas - a young boy of about 10, without being cajoled or coerced to, literally took responsibility for his mothers life. She was torn in shreds by broken glass. Lucas had lived in comfort, till that experience ruffled his nest.2015 is a year where God's grace has been tripled, in order for you to experience rest roundabout. However, that rest will not come on the heels of comfort. Like the eagle, God will himself ruffle your nest, because the weight of the glory you're about to experience will kill you: if it meets you in comfort. There's so much work to do, there's little or no time. You've been comfortable too long. It's time to fly. Thorns will prick you as the nest is dismantled, but by all means you've got to fly.