Let's face it. A caterpillar is a disgusting creature. It's a worm on steroids. LOL! It is a lowly creature that inches along the ground at a ridiculously low pace. It inches along by moving sections of it's body up then pushing alternate sections forward. This is a very agonizing and pain-staking process. The caterpillar gets it's entire lower side extremely dirty because there is not one inch of it's body that doesn't touch the ground constantly. Eventually at the right time it inches it's way up into a tree and begins to build a cocoon around itself. This becomes it's temporary home that keeps it safe from the elements while it is transformed slowly. The humility of the caterpillar is amazing because of it's position. During the transformation period it is completely cut off from the world so nothing may touch it. Then at the proper time it breaks through the casing, falls out, and spreads it's wings and becomes a beautiful butterfly!
The same is truly with us. When we humble ourselves before God, the world often talks about us. They drag us through the mud because we won't conform to the patterns of the world. So we drag along the ground getting ourselves dirty as we serve and obey God. We are reading our bibles everyday and praying for God to help us through these storms. At some point, God begins to elevate us until eventually he gets us high above the concerns of the world and we begin to build a cocoon around us to protect us from the storms, the wind and the rain that comes down all around us. During this time we are in communion with God while He is transforming us through the power of His Word, the Bible! This process can be long and takes patience, but with patience comes humility. This is what we learn while God is working on us.
Then one day when we are ready and God has built up our spiritual muscles, we are finally able to break out and shine the light of God on everything we touch and everywhere we go. God is able to use us in major ways to reach out to His people and minister to the lost. To those who are in storms, you appear as a beautiful butterfly, shining the light of Jesus on everything you touch!
So allow God to work in you. Allow God to take you through the times when you will feel like a caterpillar dragging yourself along the ground. Then one day if you remain humble, God will thrust you out into the world and you will shine like a beautiful butterfly, spreading God's Word everywhere you go. And everywhere you go, God will get the glory because all they will see is God and His light, not you!!
Glory to God!
Robert T. Sells
"But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.11 For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” (Luke 14:10-11 NIV)
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About the author: Robert T. Sells (aka The Anointed Poet) is the co-owner, with his wife Marlas, of Words of Inspiration Ministries in Merrillville, Indiana. He is known for his gift of prose and has been spreading the message of the Gospel through poetry and song around the country. Sells is also the author of several books in the Words of Inspiration poetry series and a Christian spoken word CD. For more information about his ministry or to purchase products and/or services, visit his website at www.robertsellsonline.com.
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