THE COCOON

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 312

January 10, 2017

 

I mentioned this last week at a small group at church but I want to expand a little on the caterpillar turning into a butterfly.

The information on this process is extensive but I just want to mention a few things.

A caterpillar begins as an egg.  Then the egg hatches and out comes a very small caterpillar.  The only thing this caterpillar does in this first stage is to eat so it can grow.

As this creature begins to grow it goes through five different stages.  At the final stage it has outgrown its last set of skin and comes forth as a butterfly.  This butterfly is free to soar above all the ugly of the world and is beautiful as it flies.

This beautiful butterfly then lays an egg and the process begins all over again.

May I tell you this morning that the process I just described can also be applied to our Christian walk!

The word of God is planted in our hearts just as an egg is laid.  Then when we accept Jesus as our Savior it is like the caterpillar is hatched from the egg.

Then we begin to grow in stages. The first being (just like the caterpillar) to feed. We learn and grow in the Lord through the knowledge of His word and the fellowship of His people.

Just like the caterpillar we then get stronger and shed different layers and develop new layers.

As we grow in the Lord there are dreams and desires within us that long to be free.

As we allow the Spirit of the living God to continue to grow us up we are then set free from the shell and soar high into the destiny we were created for.

We are then to go forth and spread the word which is like the butterfly laying eggs.

The process then starts over.

Where do you find yourself in this process?  It is possible, and happens often, to get stuck at a point in the process and then all the growth and the destiny stops.

Maybe this day you find yourself stuck somewhere between hatching and flying. You need to start feeding on the Word of God and shedding some excess junk.  You need to allow the butterfly to come forth and fulfill the dreams and desires deep within you.

Maybe you find yourself half out of that final skin but just cannot seem to shed it completely.  Call on the Lord Jesus: Praise and Worship Him and submit all that you are not to all He is and let Him remove the old skin.

We can never soar like the butterfly if we stay in the cocoon.  As a butterfly we can spread the Gospel as we continue to be more like Jesus.

The apostle Paul said it best as he described his journey:

Philippians 3:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

The prize of the high calling is to be like Jesus.  We will one day reach that mark when we see Him face to face but we should always press toward being like the one who gave His life for our salvation.

Grow, shed the confining skin and soar in the Power of the Holy Spirit and in the destiny on our life.

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Father, I come to you in Jesus name. I decree and declare that I am shedding my old cocoon and am soaring high like the butterfly.  I decree and declare that you are stirring up within all who read this the desire to shed the old and go forward into the destiny you have for each of us. Let us feed on your word and grow in you each day. Thank you for Salvation and setting us free from the cocoon of the natural. Amen!

 

Fly High on wings Love.

Love, Me-Maw