April 2, 2008
I
once heard a saying, “The wings of the butterfly are in the wind.”
The
wind is the moving of air across a surface. When even the smallest of insects
flap their wings, they are moving air, in effect creating wind. Now it may not
seem like much wind, but in theory if enough butterflies got together and
flapped in rhythm they could create a hurricane.
Sometimes
we look at the needs of the world and the number of people who don’t know
Jesus and we give up in despair. What can we possibly do by ourselves?
It’s
just too big a task for us to handle. None of us has the time, energy or
resources to do the job.
Of
course it’s too big a task. If it were simple, we wouldn’t need God to
accomplish it.
Just
as God doesn’t use the butterfly to generate all of the wind in the world, He
doesn’t expect us personally to tell every person about Him and rescue each
person in need. He does call us to be faithful and do our part.
In
the wind He creates, are the molecules set in motion by the butterfly. In His
plan to tell a hurting world about the hope through Him, are the efforts of each
of us.
One
of the most awesome promises of the Bible is
If
my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek
my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will
forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears
attentive to the prayers offered in this place. I have chosen and consecrated
this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will
always be there.
2 Chronicles 7:14-16
If
those who believe will repent and call on God, He will transform the world. The
winds of change are preparing to blow, will you do your part by turning back to
Him in fervent, faithful, repentant prayer?
Until
next time, may the gentle winds created by your prayers, become part of the
transforming wind of change from God.
God
bless.
Darrel
Mason