A biology teacher was teaching his students how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. He told the students that in the next couple of hours, the butterfly would struggle to come out of the cocoon. But no one should help the butterfly. Then he left. The students were waiting and it happened. The butterfly struggled to get out of the cocoon, and one of the students took pity on it and decided to help the butterfly out of the cocoon against the advice of his teacher. He broke the cocoon to help the butterfly so it didnt have to struggle anymore. But shortly afterwards the butterfly died. When the teacher returned, he was told what happened. He explained to this student that by helping the butterfly, he had actually killed it because it is a law of nature that the struggle to come out of the cocoon actually helps develop and strengthen its wings. The boy had deprived the butterfly of its struggle and the butterfly died. Some of us like the caterpillar in our story have emerged before time out of our ‘cocoon’ with the help of man. We have not been patient enough to allow God complete His work in us. A lot of ‘spiritual larvae’ have plunged into the ministry for the wrong reasons, they are so much in a hurry and have failed to undergo the full metamorphosis required to take up this huge responsibility and as a result they fizzle out before their time. This is also applicable to other areas of life. Imagine a boy of 10year old girl getting into a marriage relationship, that marriage is bound to fail because that girl has not emerged from his ‘cocoon’ yet. A child born today cannot get into the university tomorrow; there is always a process, which involves time and effort. When we rush into things we may end up being crushed. God is the architect of our life. He has the master plan concerning every one of us. Don’t you think it’s important to check with Him first before you take any step? If Joseph had emerged out of his ‘cocoon’ before time, he would not have been the Prime Minister of Egypt. Dear friends, there is a breakthrough at the end of the struggle. Like the teacher that walked away in our story, some of us may sometimes feel that God has ‘walked out’ on us but definitely He hasn’t and He will not. He’s only giving you space to evolve and when you are fully evolved then He allows you to emerge. He has made provision for you to go through this process. His grace is readily available for you, it is left for you to harness that grace. You must evolve before you emerge. Ministries, businesses, marriages etc run into deep waters when they emerge before their time. A fetus does not jump out of the mother’s womb after 3months of conception singing and doing the break dance at same time; I can pretty much predict your reaction to this. A fetus is conditioned to her mother’s womb for nine months before she emerges as an infant. Beloved, lets not run ahead of God.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:30:34 +0000
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