Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

A hen will protect her chicks from predators from above by covering them with her winds.

Isaiah 40:31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Which are we, helpless chicks in need of protection or eagles on the wind?

That speaks to what we are doing, doesn’t it.

Are we searching for the lost or at war with the enemy?

We can do both.

The important issue of wings is the ability to do both but to soar we must have wind.

John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

Psalm 105:4 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

What does it mean to be in the presence of the Lord?

Genesis 3:5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Adam and Eve were in the presence of God every day. The first temptation was the desire to be like God and Satan offered up a short cut to glory. Eat and know.

Jeremiah 3:17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.

The Lord will not dwell in an evil heart.

Acts 15:9 and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.

It is the Lord that has cleansed our hearts, not by the efforts of a mind that desires to be like Him.

The flesh always wants to take shortcuts.