Frogs and goldfish by Dee Kamp
Undersized Lily Pads and Oversized Goldfish
When I
least expect it, in places quite ordinary, the Lord will share with me a bit of
His wisdom, a living parable.
It was
barely dawn on this lovely May morning as I stepped through the soft dewy
grass towards the little pond in our yard. I tried not to startle the frogs and the goldfish and take their
picture. But just then two tiny green frogs hopped off a lily pad and two very
large goldfish streaked to hide underneath of it. But the sight of this made me
laugh and I found myself saying:
“Silly fish, only your heads fit under that
little lily pad, you’re whole hind ends are sticking out!”
In that
next moment I heard that gentle whisper in my heart, “You can never hide from
Me.”
“If I ride the wings of the morning, if I
dwell by the farthest oceans,
even there your hand will guide
me, and your strength will support me.”
Psalm
139:9-10 NLT
Our amazing
God is omnipresent, He is present everywhere. No matter what place we dash off
to and whatever we try and hide under, God is always with us. Whether it’s from
danger, from disturbing people, and troubling circumstances, we can breathe a
sigh of relief knowing we are always in God’s comforting presence.
In His
Word we gain wisdom and in real life situations that He will draw our attention
to we learn it’s wiser to trust in Him than anything the world tries to offers.
And the Lord’s lesson for me today was―do not
be like those oversized goldfish trying to hide beneath undersized lily pads― trust
in Him!
“To flee unto God is the only stay which can
support us in our afflictions, the only armor which renders us invisible.” John
Calving
“Undersized
Lily Pads and Oversized Goldfish” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© May
15, 2015
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