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The vision of Eagles' Summit is embedded in
the scriptures in the book of Nehemiah 1:3 and 2:6. In Nehemiah's
memoirs, he shares his account of his strong desire to bring restoration
to his native Jewish people after their Babylonian captivity. While
Ezra once brought about spiritual establishment, there was still
a need for physical restoration and stability. Though Nehemiah
was in a high position, when he saw that his people were in great
affliction, he chose to leave his place of royalty and honor to
restore and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. What a wonderful account
of God's complete redemptive plan for our lives once we come to
know Him as our personal Saviour and Lord.
During Pastor Lilly's thirty-two years plus
of ministry experience, he witnessed that though many Christians
came to know Jesus as their personal Savior, they still were not
living the victorious life that God planned salvation to bring
us. God's people were born again but their finances were torn down
and they were bound by debt. Their names were written in the Lamb's
Book of Life, but they were still bound by past wounds and emotionally
cast down. The people were broken, addicted to drugs and alcohol,
and generally dysfunctional. They would worship at church on Sundays
and Wednesdays but the remainder of the week they were imprisoned
by ungodly marriages, facing challenges with their children, underemployed,
underpaid, living beneath their means and having no idea of how
to actually walk in the promises and inheritance and that they
were being told they could have. Though Jesus had set them free,
they remained very much in captivity.
While praying fervently for God's people, Pastor
Lilly received his life's assignment in a vision. Pastor has an
understanding that his responsibility as a leader of God's people
far surpasses the first step of leading them to Christ. He also
has accepted the responsibility to disciple them by nurturing the
entire Christian growth process beginning with the acceptance of
Jesus Christ as personal Saviour through to the equipping process
until they grow up in all things into Him who is the head, Christ.
Ephesians 4: 11-15
The ministry's logo shown here is a pictorial
description of the vision for restoration given to Pastor Lilly.
The logo compares the restoration process to a man embarking on
a mountain climb not completely aware of the difficult places he’ll
have to go through in order to reach the top. He makes it to the
summit, but the condition of his clothes indicates that his journey
to the summit left him torn, bruised, and at times bleeding. Nevertheless,
he chose to make the climb. Only one who has accomplished such
a climb can truly understand what it takes to get to the top. Only
he can advise on which directions to take, which dangers to avoid,
how to conquer each cliff without falling off and how to walk through
the valley in order to reach the summit.
Having made it to the top of the mountain, like
Nehemiah, Pastor Lilly looked back and saw God's people still in
great distress. He could not enjoy his wealthy place and not help
others get to theirs. It was after receiving this vision that he
knew he was assigned to walk alongside every born again believer
who chose to take the journey and make their personal climb just
like a good shepherd will. Understanding that restoration is a
process and not an event, Pastor Lilly has devoted his life to
helping others restore and rebuild their Jerusalem, i.e., their
lives.
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