As I and another car approached in opposite lanes, the bird swiftly flew toward the oncoming car, but realizing he did not have the time or space for maneuverability, he chose to fly in my direction to escape a collision. In a split second, he realized the futility, so instinctively he flapped his wings, raised his head, and flew upward, away from all possible collisions.

Yes, up, up, and away he flew . . . to LIVE!

Ever keep butting your head against the same barriers that won’t budge!? And you know that pursuing those courses only lead to failure or even defeat? But you still keep doing it?! “Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh,” Yeshua says  in Luke 21:28. Even though He speaks in this passage about the end times, the idea is true and fitting! Look up and live! No more heads hanging low! Look up! When you look up, you see the endless possibilities; all limitations are broken off. Your possibilities become as open as the expansive sky.

• In the Bible, the crowd in the desert besieged by snakes were told to “look up” at the brazen serpent and they would LIVE! (Numbers 21)
• Yeshua, speaking of his death, says, “If I be LIFTED up, I will draw all men unto me!” (John 12:32). So we are called to look up to Him and  LIVE.
• The psalmist said that the God of Israel was the LIFTER of our heads. (Psalm 3:3)
• African fathers would LIFT their babies to the sky and say, “Behold the only one greater than yourself!”

We must look beyond our perifery — the right or the left! We must look up, gaze at all our possibilities, and LIVE!

Like the bird of the median, let’s follow: up, up and away . . . and LIVE!