Issue 746 – Dancing Feathers – May 16, 2922
I stood and watched the two goose feathers dancing on the lake in the breeze.
One feather was curved like a “c” and floated on the rounded part of its back. The other was shaped like an upside-down “u” and floated on the uprights.
Each danced differently along the surface of the water. The “c” shaped feather swirled, while the “u” shaped feather walked and skipped along the surface. Eventually, they touched, joined together and danced with a new rhythm. When the two merged, they rolled and tumbled across the surface.
As I watched the feathers, a goose landed nearby. The wake of its landing hit the feathers, and they quickly sank into the lake.
The feathers were light and had no problem standing up to the gentle breeze along the water. When the waves picked up, they could not stay afloat any longer.
The same thing can happen to believers. When we do not know the truth of God’s Word, we can be deceived and quickly sunk.
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Ephesians 4:10-16
God has a calling on your life. While this particular passage emphasizes some specific callings, God has given every one of us a calling and a ministry. Part and parcel of attaining that calling, and completing that ministry, is growing up in the faith. If we remain infants, we can be blown around, confused and eventually even lose heart.
If that happens, we will not lose our salvation, but we will miss out on much of the blessing and purpose that God has designed and planned for us.
Floating close to the feathers was a stick. It stayed the course while the feathers danced around. It stayed the course when the goose landed. I suspect that even if the goose had landed on the stick, it would simply have popped back up and stayed the course once more.
As mature Christians, we can exhibit all the joy and freedom of the dancing feathers but still stay the course like the floating stick. We have the best of both worlds.
Until next time, may you grow ever more like Christ.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed.
Kevin.
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Soli Deo Gloria (for the glory of God alone.)
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