Inside every caterpillar is a big dream. A very big dream. A dream that looks so silly and so unlikely to everything around it, so against its design and future purposes.
A dream that makes it seem so small in the moment…
And yet, since the beginning of time, this dream has been planted into the DNA of each and every caterpillar.
To fly
Imagine if they stopped at the unlikely. Imagine if they hesitated at insecure. Imagine if they put the dream aside because of its impracticality.
There would be no butterflies!
Friend, the same is for you... There are dreams and desires in your heart that would leave a gap in the world if you didn't follow it. The ricochet response to no butterflies would be threatening to the human experience... can you imagine the repercussion of a hesitation if they did not step into what God ordained for them!
We may make our own plans, but ultimately, we will walk in our utmost calling when we are following the plans He has set in our hearts!
Proverbs 19vs20~23
"Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in the future.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.
What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
The fear of the LORD leads to life,
and whoever has it rests satisfied;
he will not be visited by harm."Don't set the world around you off track by holding back! And there is no reason to! When you become friends with God, following Him like a child after their Father, He plants hopes and dreams in your heart that are designed to draw you closer to Him and to bring His Kingdom to the world around you. Don't hold back on what your heart longs for becuase that's what His heart is longing for too! You can trust that when your eyes are on him, you can walk with your heart, mind and soul leading you and trust that he will guide your steps.
You were made on purpose for a purpose and only you can determine what that means in your walk.
Choose to set your eyes on Him, praising His name in any and every circumstance and you can trust that the direciton will unfold and His guidance will never depart.
Psalm 33vs11~12
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.Psalm 20vs4~5
May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
May we shout for joy over your victory
and lift up our banners in the name of our God.Psalm 37vs4~5
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this:Thinking, believing and walking in this way has been a challenge for me. It's not always easy to let go of the pressures and expectations of the world, but that's why it's called the upside-down Kingdom of God... becasue we're not living or walking in the way of the World ~ we're walking in the way of our Lord.
This blog was inspired by Allison Bickerstaff whose garden and life are filled with beautiful butterflies and her way of life is beautiful, light hearted and intentional in delight!
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