What Does Carried on Eagles Wings Really Mean? - Jeremy Gimpel: The Land of Israel Fellowship

19:4 listen to how God describes our journey you have seen what I have done to the Egyptians and how I carried you on the wings of eagles and brought you to myself so on one hand sounds like wow we were like airlifted on First Class L comfortable seats on the wings of eagles but in reality it was really hard Israelites were chased to a dead end at the Red Sea with the Egyptian Army after them where nowhere to run and nowhere to hide they went days without water they were attacked by the forces of evil in a war against amalec that's hardly first class with eagles wings I mean we were carried on the wings of eagles through the challenges of this world the challenges of this world are a part of the Redemption process so when we see the hard time that Israel is going through struggling with hostages struggling with the evil amalik of the Kamas that is all a part of the process the challenges shouldn't weaken our faith on the contrary Israel also went through challenges even though they're being described as being carried on first class on Eagles Wings Israel endured so much in their time in the desert and the challenges of this world what we at least what I'm starting to realize is they don't only mold us into who we are but they also Define us being a good friend when times are good and being a good friend when times are really tough is not the same thing marriage on vacation and marriage through crisis The Love Actually grows through the crisis I mean eight months ago I had a really bad horse accident I was thrown off a horse I broke my leg the horse tumbled on me I cracked my head open on a rock lost Consciousness and I had to be flown out on a helicopter or else the medic said I wasn't going to make it and that was the least of it it took me months to recover and there about a month maybe two months of my life that I hardly remember it's as if I was in a coma it's just been deleted from my memory I just don't remember remember and it was hard and painful and it's been a long road to recovery surgeries and stitches and physical therapy my brain needed to come back to life and to come back to itself but what I realize now more than anything is that it wasn't that hard for me it was really hard for tahila I mean she had a husband that was knocked out in bed not really a friend because I barely talk more than a patient that's I became a patient that she tended to she took care of the home the kids the farm the guest she helped the fellowship she worked so hard every day without that I could never have appreciated who tahila is how kind she was to me what a great mother she was had we not gone through that crisis together I wouldn't have ever really known but I can wholeheartedly say that my love for taila has grown because the hard times not only made us who we are but it gave me the opportunity to witness her greatness watching her go beyond the normal beyond the exceptional it's like to be so loyal to be so loving so dedicated so committed I mean I never would have known like I know because I never would have seen it and so all of the challenge we go through it's like we can know because we see it that's what it means to be carried on the wings of eagles it doesn't mean first class with a comfy seat it means that a life of amuna is a life lived with faith that carries you to new heights [music]