As I sat outside this morning, sipping on one of my latest healthy
drink concoctions, I noticed the alarming amount of bugs! Now I’m not normally
the squeamish type—eek!—but spring time seems to produce MILLIONS of bugs. So
as I finished up my drink and looked on the ground, I noticed this beetle. Yea,
we’ll call him a beetle since I’m no bug-ologist.
Anyway, this particular beetle thought it was okay to invade my space. He marched
forcefully into my bubble with no regard for me being much bigger than he, and
having the power to end his little buggy life if I felt threatened. To detour
his advances, I placed my foot in front of him, and he charged on. Then I placed
my empty cup in front of him, and he charged on. I felt myself getting a tad
bit annoyed with Mr. Beetle until I chuckled at the bug lesson that
immediately arose in my spirit.
“Go to the ant, thou
sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise” (Prov. 6:6). This was the
scripture that I thought about. But the Nicole Denise interpretation of that
passage is, “Look to the bugs, fool!”
This little beetle was on a mission this morning. And apparently, what he was
focused on required him to invade my area. So, without concern of his
livelihood being threatened, he proceeded to get past me in order to complete
his mission. His Christ-like determination
outdid the faith of many Christian humans.
When obstacles attempt to hinder us we stop at the roadblock and/or retreat. We complain about the hindrance to God, but never once
think of pressing on through the deterrent. Let’s not give into baby complaints
anymore this year saints—“This is too hard.” “How am I going to do this all by
myself?!” Instead let us look to the tenacity of one little beetle on a
mission, and realizes how foolish some of our complaints must sound to God. We
serve an all-powerful god who keeps the entire universe intact. So, it is
officially time to ditch the Pampers, put on our big girl/boy britches, confess
Luke 1:37, and KEEP IT MOVIN’! Don’t let a stupid bug outdo you in the faith
department FOOL!
Happy Spring Time…and I still love you although I had to
call out your (and my) foolishness today!
Nicole Denise
