This morning I was feeding my 14 month old baby girl a banana and I saw a profound truth being displayed in front of me, I just had to share it with you.
My little girl Addison Anne, we call her Addie, was enjoying a wholesome breakfast which included a ripe yellow banana. As I reached up and grabbed it off of the counter, she said, “nah nah” to which I replied, yes baby it is a “nah nah.”
She smiled as I peeled back the outer layer and presented her with the exposed meat of the banana. She took a bite and then another... somewhere during her breakfast, she decided she would hold the “nah nah” and so I let her. The funny thing was, instead of getting into where the meat was, she wanted to chew on the dried stem. I told her, no and showed her the good stuff again... then I looked back and she had the stem in her mouth again. All I can think is, maybe she liked the way it felt to her teething mouth?
As I finished helping her with breakfast I felt like the Lord shared with me the concept of this writing.
How many times, in our walk with the Lord, do we have fulfilling and sustaining power provided to us; and rather than enjoying the meat and substance of God, we settle for just a surface and sometimes insignificant portion?
Just as my little girl knew what the “nah nah” was, she knew what to call it, and she knew what it looked like on the outside, but even with that bit of knowledge she was happy to settle for much less than what was made available to her.
As a 21st century Christian, we know all the right things to say, and we seem to know a great deal about God and His word, but I pose this question - how often do we really experience the portion of meat that He has planned for our lives.
My desire is to enjoy all my Father has for my life. It may take more effort than we initially want to put forth, and it may go beyond our understanding of what we need, but there is enough power available at the hand of our Father than we could ever need if we will allow Him to feed us as He desires to.
I don’t ever want to settle for the peeling and stems when I can enjoy the meat of the power of God.
.
3 comments:
Knowing how much we love Addie and all the good things we want for her, can we even begin to imagine what the Lord wants for us?
Greeting Bro Wells....
Nice site...
rks
I just have a strange question and I couldn’t email you personally about this because I couldn’t find a contact address, but can you let me know where you got this awesome peeled banana image? I am interested in using it so and am wondering if its from a stock photography site, etc. Thanks!
Post a Comment