Here you have about 20 big old geese and maybe 6 or 7 ducks
all crushed together vying for the bread pieces being thrown at them, and we
quickly realized if you threw it in the direction of the ducks, 8 times out of
10 they were quick enough to get it before the geese could! Yay! So, now we
were on a mission to get as much food to the ducks as possible.
And it didn’t stop there, because a couple of ducks were
bold enough to fight through the geese and get up on the bank right under us
and ate every piece we dropped to them. Of course we feed the geese too, but
our primary focus was feeding the ducks…the ones who owned the pond way before
the geese arrived. And right then and there—I had an Ah-ha moment! Sometimes
this is the way it is for Believers! It might seem like we are the smaller ducks
in a pond overrun by geese. In other words—we are overrun by the world and
non-Believers.
Just as we made sure to give the ducks more bread, it is the
same with God. He takes care of us, no matter what our surroundings may be! And
He also gives us what we need to be able to stand on our own without fear just
as the ducks did. Some were bold enough to come to the banks to ensure they
were first. Others kept a watchful eye and where quick to grab what was thrown
to them before the larger geese could get it! And the ones that were bitten in
the side by the geese because they were quicker didn’t leave. No, they stood
their ground until our bread was all gone and someone else started feeding them
on the other side of the pond and then off they went.
Wow! Sisters, we have to be more like the ducks in this
world. We have to be bold, watchful, quick and stand our ground!
And how do we accomplish all of this?
Through obedience and trusting God!
And where do we get what we need to be obedient and
trusting?
The Bible!
When we believe God is in control and He’s our provider (not
our spouses, our jobs or the government) then we don’t have to look at what
others are getting or have. We are focused on the provisions He is making for
us. We become like the ducks that were so focused on getting what was coming their
way, they didn’t have time to worry about what the geese were doing.
Obedience is a choice. So if we choose to walk in love as
instructed, we aren’t so easily thrown off course when one of the big old bad
geese bites us in the side. No! We forgive and stand our ground. We don’t run
away wounded, hurt and feeling sorry for ourselves.
There were also a few turtles and huge coy fish in the pond.
I’m sure they have been placed there on purpose, but they add something
beautiful by being there. And because of their size the geese can’t eat them.
But isn’t that how God does things? Isn’t He in the business of taking care of
His own?
Sisters, it is time to rise up and trust God! “Trust” and “Love”
are both action words. You have to act on them. Lip service is not enough—it
gets us nowhere.
It is time to standup and stop letting the little things
defeat and distract us.
Recently I encountered a Facebook incident with someone I
had unfriended sometime ago (for good reasons). All of a sudden they started
making comments to me and about me on a mutual friend’s status. She said she
talked to her about it and that should be the end of it. Well, it wasn’t.
I stopped communicating on her status only because it allowed
the other person to continue to make comments to me. (We must be careful not to
be pulled into the drama of others.) So,
my current Facebook friend decided to unfriend me since I no longer made
comments. There are times we have to take a stand as to what is right and what
is wrong. And it is wrong to allow anyone to harass you or someone else through
Facebook or any other means—especially when it is in our control to correct or
stop it.
Glad I was being quiet and praying about the situation and not the author of the messy end. But this is what happens
when we don’t apply the Word of God to life situations, (big or small) we end
up with a mess. I used this example because we can find ourselves caught up in
drama and turmoil with just the click of a mouse. In other words, “It doesn’t
take much.”
Like the ducks in the pond of geese, we must strive to stay
focused on what we are supposed to be doing and not allow the little hiccups
(or bites in the side) of life, distract us to the point we lose sight of our
goals. Drama—is a common distraction.
Studying our Bibles, prayer and agreement with God, is the
formula for keeping us on the straight and narrow.
Question, “Would you be able to stand your ground and hold your own
in a pound overrun by geese?”
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