One fabulous Thinker

Last week I attended a conference called Lifted. I didn't fully appreciate the name until I was sitting in the room. The guest speaker opened her message in Job 39: two birds, same Creator, completely different lives. The ostrich and the eagle. She covered so much ground in that message. But one thread kept pulling at me long after she finished. Long after the conference ended. Long after I got home. From where are you looking? Here's what struck me: God created both of them on purpose. The ostrich wasn't a mistake. It wasn't a lesser version of the eagle. God designed it exactly as it is powerful, fast, and built for the ground. It can outrun a horse. It serves its purpose well. But we were not created to be ostriches. We were built to be eagles. To rise above. To catch wind. To see from a vantage point that the ground simply cannot offer. Isaiah 40:31 doesn't say those who wait on the Lord will run fast. It says they will mount up with wings like eagles. That...