John 12:24
"The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in soil. Unless it dies it will be alone - a single seed. But it's death will produce many new kernels - a plentiful harvest of new lives."
When a caterpillar is on it's journey to becoming a butterfly, it goes through an amazing change, a metamorphosis. But what is perplexing is that the change requires the caterpillar to go dormant. The caterpillar spins itself into a cocoon and stays there - seemingly dead to the world.
Sometimes we have cocooning times. We usually don't like them. They may seem boring, and you may even feel God isn't moving fast enough. You might be tempted to question God, "He gave me this vision right?" or "If you gave me this plan, why don't you do something to move it forward God?" You may even feel tempted to rip the cocoon apart yourself and take matters into your own hands, running ahead of God's timing.
But the cocoon is all apart of the plan. If you tear open a cocoon too soon, science tells us that the wings of the butterfly will be underdeveloped, that it is the act of struggling to get out of the cocoon that strengthens them. It is in the stillness that we hear God. It is in the waiting that character if formed. Psalm 37:34 instructs us what to do while we wait: "Travel steadily along his path." Then the results are given: "He will honor you, giving you the land."
If we wait, nuzzled close to God, when He releases us, we will have a beautiful flight, producing an abundant harvest.
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