As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an "uplift" for the bird following. By flying in their V group formation, the whole flock adds 71% more flying range than if each bird flew alone.
** Each bird pulls his own weight and in doing so helps the others which aides in the success of the whole flock.
Whenever a goose falls out of the group formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the "lifting power" of the bird immediately in front.
** When you step out from under the cover of leadership things are a lot harder to face. And I know that sometimes we may not agree with the leadership we’re placed under and the way it may be handled, but biblically speaking regardless of who’s in that position we are still to respect that. If it’s not right or if it’s not being handled the way we think it should…… it’s really not our place to judge. That should include many areas in our life…..work, school, GOVERNMENT, etc. All we have to make sure of in this is that we have a clear conscience by obeying God and respecting them.
** When you step out from under the cover of leadership things are a lot harder to face. And I know that sometimes we may not agree with the leadership we’re placed under and the way it may be handled, but biblically speaking regardless of who’s in that position we are still to respect that. If it’s not right or if it’s not being handled the way we think it should…… it’s really not our place to judge. That should include many areas in our life…..work, school, GOVERNMENT, etc. All we have to make sure of in this is that we have a clear conscience by obeying God and respecting them.
When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into formation and another goose flies at the point position.
** Not everyone is going to have a PERFECT day EVERYDAY, we all get tired. And if we could just understand that and instead of talking about them or letting it burn in us that “they aren’t doing their job” and just step in and do what needs to be done then I believe one of two things can happen….. 1. If the person really isn’t doing their part this will bring conviction in them (not for us to judge) or 2. They really just may be dealing with something we may not know of or understand and the simple gesture to help out could make a world of difference in their day (and ours). And I’m not saying we should step in just to “get our desired reaction”….the call of God is to see a need and meet it.
The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep their speed.
** This is simple – ENCOURAGEMENT GOES A LONG WAY!!
When a goose gets sick, wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow him down to help and protect him. They stay with him until he is either able to fly again or dies. Then they launch out on their own, with another group, or catch up with the flock.
** I love this one. Two of these geese actually put their “plans” on hold to help out the one who is wounded…..and with no regards of how long that might take. How difficult is that for us in the world we live in today. We can barely (me included) handle a slow driver in rush hour let alone putting our plans aside all together to help someone else.
I hope the life of a goose speaks to you as it did me. There is one more little tid-bit on the geese V that I thought was very encouraging……..
Geese fly higher in foul weather.
**Storms are going to come. The easiest thing for the geese to do would be to lay out for a while until the storm passes…. but they don’t…..they actually fly higher and face the storm together.
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