Three vultures were being released into the wild. After spending years of "captivity" inside the giant preservation cage since chicks, these members of an endangered species were finally set free to enjoy the rest of their lives in liberty.
Guess what happened next!
They did soar above the clouds and took their flight around the mountains -- just to return to their previous cage!
Sometimes, as Christians, we fall into the same pattern. Not understanding the unsurmountable grace granted us by the Lord's redemption and the privileges owned by every member of the citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom, we repeatedly fall back into old habits, weakness and lack of faith that we really should have left behind the day we welcomed Christ and His power into our lives.
The Spirit and the divine power resting in our lives as believers is greater than the one that is in the world (see I John 4:4). So, now, after we have been set free from the bondage of sin and granted the full-measure of freedom as children of God, why are we so easily tempted by our old self with all its weaknesses?
As Apostle Paul put it, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: the old has gone, the new has come!" (II Corinthians 5:17)
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things" (Colossians 3:1-2).
In other words: start living our new citizenship. We're free vultures, not birds of the cage!
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