• Everybody has a way of life, both as individuals and as families. Certain people within families may be having a very distinct way of life. It could be your sleep patterns, your outlook to life, how you handle wealth, how you respond to those who do you harm, your perspective to life, to raising children etc.
• It’s not that one way is better than the other or one way is right and the other wrong, but everyone has a way of life.
• Everyone has different ways of conducting the daily affairs of the family. Some things are learnt from our parents as we grow.
• When you get married at a certain age, both the boy and the girl come with different ways of life. When these don’t match, there arises conflict or disturbance.
• The way of life in certain families is very different from others. For example, in my family, I was used to seeing my mother buying and stacking up household provisions for an entire month. But in my wife’s family, they shop only what they need for the daily use. Neither of them is right or wrong but just different ways of life!
• In terms of managing wealth, different people have different ways of doing it. Some people learn from their families that they need to keep saving their money. So even as kids, they learn to save their pocket money, while others believe in spending it without being concerned about their tomorrow.
• There may be differences in how people view God, how they view family’s prayer life. There are different ways of life. Some families practice spending quiet time individually with God first and then get together as a family to pray. In some other families, it may be the other way round.
• Even churches have their unique ways of life. They have their own norms. Their calling and anointing may be different. Some may spend more time preaching the Word, some may spend more time in worshipping in tongues and some may pray longer for healing; In some churches, the pastor may go often to everyone’s house to pray. In some churches the services may be quiet. In some churches, the people may be rebuked more often than to be built. In some other churches, the pastor may reveal the ways in which people are falling short and some may focus on revealing to people who they are in Christ!

Today’s scripture will throw light on certain revelations and reveal wisdom from Gods Word about the WAY OF LIFE. It is the recommended way of life. If we adopt this into our life, marvellous things will unfold over our lives! The Holy Spirit will release godly wisdom through is Word. This morning let wisdom be revealed over your life that reflects the truth that you are an anointed child of God, not a beggar. Though you may face storms and struggles, the devil is still under your feet and you will overcome!! In life, it is not only important to realise WHY we do things but also HOW we do them. THE “HOW” OF IT 1. THE WAY OF AN EAGLE IN THE AIR

• The way of the eagle is marvellous.
• It flies at great heights. It doesn’t fear the clouds and flies over them. Its vision is super sharp and is able to spot even a little hare on the ground from that great height. With the speed of over a 100 miles per hour, it zooms down to grab hold of its prey.
• Has speed, vision and rises to great heights
• The eagle shows forth for us what we can attain in life. It overcome hurdles.
• For some people life is always a battle.
• Remember that Christ Jesus died for you 2000 years ago and parted the heavens and ascended up making a way for each of us to ascend to great heights.
• In life, you can rise to any level in life. God who transformed a shepherd boy into a king; fishermen in great apostles and a the God who reached out to a tax collector’s (Zacchaeus’s) house to reveal forth His glory; made a sinful woman into a preacher of the gospel, can also make you rise to any realm this morning.
• YOU CAN GO UP! Both spiritually, financially, in your family life, and even your children can arise. There is no hindrance that can stop you from rising up!
• The eagle can float and glide on a thermal uplift. It takes refuge in the wind. We need to learn from the eagle to take refuge in the Holy Spirit.
• Job 39 speaks about the Ostrich. The ostrich keeps digging in its head into sand, revealing an attitude of constant worry and hopelessness.
• You are not an ostrich but you are an eagle that flies high. You don’t have to be discouraged, distressed. Let that bondage be broken.
• The eagle doesn’t need an oxygen mask in the heights. It is meant for heights. The heavens are open for you to arise and fly. The sky will accommodate your reach.

2. THE SNAKE ON THE ROCK

• The rock becomes and ally of the snake. If a snake climbs onto the rock, it can actually camouflage and hide effectively.
• If a snake goes through the sand, you can recognise its tracks and know the snake’s whereabouts. But that is not the case when it slithers on the rock. On a rock it is untraceable.
• When you place your life on the Rock of Jesus, no matter what the devil throws at you, you will be untraceable. You will be hidden in the Lord.
• There is a way in the ROCK OF JESUS. There is no condemnation for those of us who are in Jesus Christ.
• The snake crawls over the rock very quietly and peacefully.
• Learn to not overreact and over respond to life’s situations. Jesus says, “Learn from ME, I am humble and meek of heart.” With that same attitude, peacefully and quietly live your lives. Don’t be a peacock and try and draw everyone’s attention to yourself and make a hue and cry about everything.
• But humble yourself under God’s mighty Hand and move forward quietly. God can only lift up the humble in HIS perfect time.
• Sit on the Rock of Jesus with humility.
• Don’t be afraid. Don’t make a noise yourself and don’t pay attention to those who make a big noise
• Samuel 18:7- So the women sang as they danced, and said: “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.” Saul heard this song and it greatly troubled him. So, what guided Saul’s way of life?
  1. He lived his life based on what others said about him
  2. He lived his life looking at David
• We need to know that God has marked out a race for each of us. And each of us have race track that we need to run on. We can finish that race only if we set our eyes upon our track and not by looking at your co- runners.
• You need to look at Jesus alone and run on your track undistracted. That is the only way we will complete the race
• Most people don’t listen to the command “ÖN YOUR MARK”. They listen to instead “ON THEIR MARK”!
• Paul said, I have run my race, fought the good fight of faith.
• Don’t run shifting tracks and keep looking at other people. You just need to look at the Lord and run on your track.
• HUMBLY AND QUIETLY REMAIN ON THE ROCK of JESUS

3. THE WAY OF THE SHIP IN THE SEA

• Ships carry a lot of weight. Some of them even transport 10-20 aeroplanes in them.
• Even though it goes through water, it is built in such a way that it doesn’t sink.
• No matter how heavy the cargo is, it doesn’t sink. Your environment will always hold you up in spite of how large the cargo is in your ship!
• This ship has a destiny. It has to reach where it has to. When we say a destiny, we mean getting to heaven where Christ is.
• Your environment won’t displace you. If your keep the focus on the destiny and where your port is, God will keep you.

4. THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A VIRGIN

• This is the way of love. If people have hurt you, forgive them, love them and pray for them. Love does not keep a record of wrongs.
• What you love will surface. If you love cricket, you will jump up when you see Virat Kohli! Sometime, it is easy to see what is surfacing inside of people. Is it love, hate, anger, bitterness? In your family life, learn to love, to forgive. That is the way of Life that Christ shows us.
• What you love is what you will attract. What you love is what you will become!
• If you love Jeus, you will become like Him.

1. EAGLE

• What you need to become, God has already put that inside of you
• We don’t need to send the eagle for an 8 month crash course on “HOW TO FLY”. Does a fish need to be sent for swimming classes? No.
• When you are in Christ, your potential comes out.
• You will love mathematics deep down, if you need to take up a math course. If you want to be a Cricketer, there is that capability within you. Businessmen will have that aptitude and thought process within them already.
• This is a powerful truth! If you understand this, lot of confusion in your spiritual life will leave you.
• Your path is untraceable
• You will be amazed at the level to which you will rise. People will wonder how you even got this high! Heaven is opening up ways for you in a manner that the enemy is completely confounded.
• DECLARE- God will take me to great heights and is opening up untraceable ways for me to the extent that leaves the devil baffled and confused!

2. SNAKE
Choose your environment and path wisely. Who should you hang out with etc is a choice you make

3. SHIP
Don’t be intimidated by the “big unknowns”.

4. MAN WITH A VIRGIN

• Direct your passion and focus in the right way.
• Learn to manage your energy.
• Love and sensibility go together

THE LIMITATIONS EAGLE’S limitation – There is a risk factor. There are vulnerabilities

• An eagle may fear thinking “What if I get stuck in an air pocket when I rise to great heights?” There is a risk factor.
• What if I get a heart attack on great heights or what if I get hit by an aeroplane?
• There are vulnerabilities but you should have what is called soft landing strategies. There needs to be a plan A and plan B. Not your own plan but the plans of the Holy Spirit. For example: In church 2-3 people prepare for the Sunday Word. What if one of them can’t show up for some reason to the church on a Sunday morning? Will you allow the church to go hungry?
• You did not get admission into a course you wanted, what is your plan B? Even the music ministry should be prepared with different songs.
• That is not lack of faith but it is wisdom that the Holy Spirit gives.
• SOFT LANDING STRATEGIES: We need to have plan A, plan B and plan C. Even if today I become a martyr for Jesus this church will keep growing and increasing. What are your soft learning strategies
• Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the PLANS I have for you – “PLANS” ---It is plural. If you mess up plan A, God will fix u another plan B. You will still increase, you will still rise to great heights
• It’s a way of LIFE. Receive the wisdom of God.

SHIP’s limitation- What if I sink?

• You learn not place all the cargo in one ship. Put some on the land, some on the ships.
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket! Don’t invest into one business. Have multiple investments. That is Godly wisdom.

Snake’s limitation-What if I choose the wrong path? Learn to choose your path in Christ and walk with balanced people THE SPIRITUAL IMPLICATIONS

• EAGLE- There is victory in the Name of Jesus
• SNAKE- There is power over the devil in Christ. HE crushed the serpent's head on the CROSS.
• SHIP signifies the Church in the world. Though it is in the water, the water does not get in. It loves Christ more than the World
• MAN with VIRGIN signifies Christ and His bride. Jesus will return upon the clouds to take His Holy church

Jesus will come back again in great glory!