On my way back to the States with Costa Rica on my mind and all that God did in my life. No matter how often it happens that God puts people in my path to speak a word in season, it never ceases to create a sense of awe in me for how big my God is. I can’t tell you how often it happened to me in Costa Rica.
Yesterday I was in the middle of figuring out my flight information, getting ready to leave when one of my friends came up to me and was showing me a cocoon of a soon-to-be butterfly. It had been knocked off the plant it was hanging from. My friend was trying to find a place to put it so it wouldn’t die. You could see the little cocoon moving back and forth as if it was about to break out. It was amazing, honestly. It’s one of those processes in nature you hear about but don’t often, if ever, see with your own eyes.
He went on to explain the process of the butterfly breaking free from the cocoon. The butterfly must struggle on its own, exercising its strength, pressing through the tension and difficulty of that period of growth. Once it has broken free, the butterfly has the strength to fly. If someone tries to help the butterfly get out, the butterfly will die because it doesn’t have the strength to live. The growth process was cut short. The butterfly wasn’t prepared for the next season of what life would look like.
As he spoke, I knew God was speaking to me. There are seasons you go through in which a great amount of growth happens. Moving from one phase of life to the next. The next phase will require a greater amount of maturity, strength, discernment, wisdom, intimacy with God. This requires discipline. Discipline to stick it out when you are wrestling with life, with God, with yourself. God requires growth – always. The wonderful thing about this is He is the only one who can help us through this season of growth. He is the one who created the butterfly and gives it it’s ability to break free from the cocoon. God made you and has given you the grace and strength to walk through every season of life, preparing you for the next.
Don't quit. Don't cut the season short.
The struggle is not a bad thing. It’s good. Keep your eyes on Christ. Resistance creates strength.
Wrestle. Struggle. Grow.
And then…break free into your destiny with the strength, maturity, and discernment God gives you.
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