PURPOSE IN THE PRESSURE

PURPOSE IN THE PRESSURE

A compassionate man carefully observed a butterfly cocoon that was attached to his window sill.  One day a small opening appeared in the cocoon, and he watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that tiny hole.  Eventually it seemed to stop making progress and it appeared as if it had traveled as far as it could go.

Seriously intent on helping the butterfly, the man retrieved his scissors and snipped away the remaining cocoon.  The butterfly then emerged rather easily.

However, it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings.  He continued watching the butterfly, expecting that at any moment the wings would grow much larger and the body swelling would subside.

Neither happened.  In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.  It would never be able to fly.

That well-intentioned man had acted in kindness, but also in haste because he simply did not understand the developmental process.  Although the restrictive cocoon presents a major challenge for the butterfly to work its way through a very tiny opening, divine purpose is always seeded inside apparent pressure!

The tiny opening in the cocoon is God’s way of forcing fluids trapped inside the body of the butterfly to move into its wings so they will become big enough and strong enough for flight.  Wow!

Since all truth is parallel, by extension we know that life’s struggles are precisely what we humans need to equip us to soar to heights unknown.  If God allowed us to go through life with total ease and no difficulty, it might merely cripple us and rob us of our ultimate purpose and destiny.  Just consider that modest lump of coal that was transformed (under pressure) into a magnificent diamond.  Apparent tragedies are divinely reconfigured into sheer triumph and testimony.   It's a process.

Is anybody out there ready to fly?  No doubt, there is something deep inside of you that needs to be released.  But before you head down that runway, be aware that your wings must become fully developed by the occasional struggles that show up in the form of pain or pressure.  My friend, there is life-giving purpose in the pressure.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET YOUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!