The Buzzard, The Bat, And The Bumble Bee

5. We need to place our faith in Jesus and have complete assurance in Him.

6. Years ago one of my friends told me something that has stuck in my mind.

He had a pilot’s license and someone once asked him if he ever took his

children flying with him. He said, "Yes". The next question was, "What is

their response?" I was particularly interested in his child’s response. He

said he curled up and went to sleep. The child could go to sleep because

the pilot, his Daddy, loved him, and wasn’t going to allow anything to

happen to him that wasn’t for his own good. That is not saying the two of

them didn’t run into any turbulence, but he could trust his dad, because

he knew that his Daddy had his best interests at heart.

7. How like our Heavenly Father that is. We know that He loves us, and

won’t allow anything to happen to us but what is for our own good and in

the process strengthen someone else’s faith.

III. Let’s take a look at our good friend, The Bumblebee.

A. First of all, the bumblebee has amazed the scientific world since the beginning of time. You see, the bumblebee’s wings are too small to logically propel the bee’s body through the air. To this day with all of our scientific advances, we are still unable to make since of it.

1. Perhaps it is faith and faith alone that allows the bumblebee to fly.

2. I believe that the Bible teaches us a story that relates to the bumblebee in 1 Samuel 17 we read of a small boy that has faith in God and ends up defeating a Giant. In verses 45-47 we read; 45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will hand you over to me, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

3. David had faith in knowing that no matter how small he was, he was going to do the impossible with God’s help.

B. Did you know that the bumblebee, if dropped into a drinking glass, will be there until it dies, unless taken out?

1. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

2. A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. The following conversation ensued: "Is anyone up there?" "I am here. I am the Lord.

Do you believe me?" "Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can’t hang on much longer." "That’s all right, if you really believe you have nothing to worry about. I will save you. Just let go of the branch." A moment of pause, then: "Is anyone else up there?"

3. Isn’t this how many of us are? We are too headstrong to simply place our faith in His hands. We would rather do it our way rather than trusting in God.