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Baby robins start out in the nest waiting with anticipation for mama to come and feed them. But the day comes when they have to leave.
The robins at our campsite left a couple of weeks ago and I happen to be outside when it happened. One by one they would fly/fall out of the nest and hop around and begin exploring.
This reminds me of church and then the rest of the week.
I love going to church and worshiping with other believers and being fed by my pastor, but we can’t stay in that environment where pretty much everyone thinks like us. The service ends and we have to leave and go out into the world were it’s not as safe. Where someone who doesn’t think like us might not like us.
I do have a lesson on what happens when you don’t leave the nest but that will be a later post for now let’s focus on us leaving.
As much as we love the safety of being in church and around like minded people we have to go out into the real world. Honestly, what should happen is our faith becomes so big we can’t fit it into a Sunday and we have to share, we feel compelled to share our faith.
Those birds are growing and they can’t all fit into the nest, the have to leave and go out into the world.
The same is true with us. The good news for us is that we can return and go back to church each Sunday and to get refreshed. The robins don’t get to the that. Once they are out they are done.
I encourage you to take those moments in church to get refreshed, get feed, but may your faith become so big that you have no choice but to share it with the world around you during the week.
Genesis 5020 