Buzzards, Bats, Bumblebees & Eagles Part 3 Series

Last weekend Nikki and I went to the Topeka Performing Arts Center to hear James Earl Jones discuss Shakespeare. When we drove up to the center, we saw Rev. Phelps Church protesting outside of the center. They were preaching hate and damnation for America because of homosexuality. Some of their signs were very graphic. They had several signs that said "Thank God for IEDs." I did not know what IED stood for so I had to look it up. IED stands for Improvised Explosive Device. These are the devices that are killing our soldiers; they are a form of land mines. This group of "Christians" was thanking God for devices that were killing Americans because of their own beliefs around homosexuality. What was most troubling to me was there were small kids about the age of 5 carrying some of these signs. As with the one situation with James and John, they believe they are doing this out of their love for Jesus Christ.

The second fact about bumblebees is that they are a flying miracle. They should not be able to fly because of their body size versus their wing size. How many times have you heard stories about people doing things that "they should not be able to do" because they made up their minds to do it? What would happen if you could teach the bumblebee that it was not supposed to be able to fly, do you think it would stop flying? Probably not! The bumblebee would defy our rationale and continue to fly. Sometimes as Christians we must defy other’s rationale for what we are able to accomplish by faith and continue to move on. We can move mountains if we do not let others talk us out of it. Others may not see where you are going or may choose not to follow, but you keep going and do what you know you can. Do not let others dictate to you what you can or cannot accomplish in life for that decisions rests with you.

The other fact about the bumblebee was that if placed in a drinking glass it would fly around and around seeking away out, never looking up at its means of escape. This is a major problem for all people because we truly we believe we have the answers for our own lives. Even if we are faced with something we have never faced before, we start thinking about how to handle the situation. We have been programmed to solve things and to worry while we are doing it. For a Christian this is really bad because if we miss our first response, we often find our way back after we have made our own mistakes. In any situation, good or bad, our first response should be to pray. In the good situations we should pray thanking God for it; in the bad situations, seeking God’s guidance before we act. So many times we act before we pray. Like the bumblebee, we spend a lot of time, energy and stress seeking answers when all we really have to do is look up to the Father. There are some answers that we can only receive from Him in the form of peace. If you have tried it your way and it continues to not work out, maybe it is time to try something new.

Acts 16 records a situation that Paul and Silas found themselves in. Look at verses 20-25 of Acts chapter 16.