Be A Storm Rider!

Eagles are magnificent birds; they are one of the most powerful birds on earth. The eagle builds its nest in tall trees or on high cliffs. They have extremely keen eyesight which enables them to spot potential prey from a very long distance. The ancient book of Job said it was his telescopic vision: from "the point of the cliff" the eagle "spies out the prey" and his "eyes detect it from afar" (39:28-29). Collier’s Encyclopaedia says an eagle’s "eyes are highly developed" and his "vision is binocular”. This stately bird soars above the earth, observing what is going on below and can see its prey from afar. The eagle is a powerful flier, a storm rider, always on the alert and knows how to turn adversity into advantage.

One of the most fascinating things about the Eagle is that it has the ability to adjust her body in order to ride the storm. The eagle is prepared for long flights without getting weary. So, the question that comes to mind is this, like the eagle, how do you turn adversity into advantage? Are you willing to adjust yourself in order to ride the storm? If you cannot ride the storm, you will not be able to go higher and soar like the eagle. The eagle doesn’t run away or escape the storm; it actually embraces it and uses the storm to lift itself higher. It rides on the winds that bring the storm. Are you prepared to soar high in spite of the storms of life? If you are, then you have to embrace the storm and learn to ride through it to get higher. You have to learn to be a storm rider.

When adversity comes and the storms of life are raging, the decision we need to make is to decide whether we are just going to sit there and let the storm blow our dreams and aspirations away or whether we are going to be determined enough to embrace the storm and ride through it in order to soar higher and overcome adversity. There are 100’s of disadvantaged people who have become successful in life despite adversity and misfortune. Some lost all their millions along the way, but through sheer determination, tenacity, endurance and a stubborn will to fight and keep going, they endured the hard times, survived and rose again. They rode the storm and it lifted them to a higher place of victory and success in life.

My encouragement to you today is to keep hope alive, keep your eyes on the vision, your aspirations and your goals. Learn to ride the storm and know that it is there to lift you to a higher place. Don’t give up and let hope slip away and die. Even though it is stormy out there and you are going through a lot, you must keep hope alive, keep standing, keep fighting, your victory is just right round the corner. Hang in there even though you are feeling the blast of the storm of adversity. Hang in there! The storm will be over soon, hang in there, your victory is just round the corner. Hang in there! I am shouting and screaming so you can hear me through the storm, please hang in there! Don’t give up now. Hang in there!

The storm will subside and things will become calm again. Everything in life comes in seasons. Maybe this time you are going through a tough season in your life and the journey seems like an endless unending journey. My advice to you is to keep going and don’t relent, don’t give up and don’t give in. I encourage you to ride on the winds of the storm and hang in there, it is going to lift you to a higher place of victory. Keep going, keep trying, keep fighting, keep hope alive and don’t give up now.

The end of pain, sorrow, heartache, worthlessness, hopelessness and depression is in sight. It might take time, but it is not impossible, the key thing is not to give up now. Sooner or later you will arrive at your expected end. Please don’t give up now.

I am encouraging you and pleading with you not to give up because a lot of people give up at the edge of their miracle and spiral into a deep, dark hole. Your miracle is right round the corner and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Please don’t give up now, maybe you are one of those already at the edge of your miracle and you are about to give up. I would rather encourage you to think about all the sacrifice you’ve made to get here, think about the amount of time you’ve invested and all the hard work you’ve done, think about your loved ones. All that will just go to waste! Think twice before you give up. Embrace the storm, ride on the winds that bring the storm and like the eagle, I encourage you today, be a storm rider!
(Written by Freda Ladé Ajumobi, 2010 © All rights reserved.)