A Great Lesson from...FROGS

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

A farmer walked into a French restaurant and asked the chef if he would like to buy a million frog legs—cheap, if he’d take 1,000 frogs per week. The chef wanted to know how he could promise so many frogs and the farmer told him about a pond on his property.

“The pond is full of frogs—millions of them. They croak all night long and are driving me crazy!”

They struck up a deal for 1,000 frogs per week, with the first delivery in three days. However, when the farmer returned a few days later, he only had a dozen frogs. The chef was angry with the farmer and wanted to know where the rest of the frogs were. 

The farmer said, “Well, I guess I was mistaken. There were only these twelve frogs in the pond. But they sure were making a lot of noise!”

Have you ever noticed that problems seem much bigger in the dark? Have you spent a few restless nights worrying about something you thought was overwhelming, like a million frogs driving you crazy? Your 401K is now a 101K, an unwelcomed diagnosis, a broken relationship, the loss of a loved one, an unbearable trial—something in which the “croaking” fear is all you hear. 

Dear Christ follower, we have an all-powerful, all-knowing, always-present Father who can handle all the “croaking” in our life. No problem is beyond His ability to handle. How many times in Scripture did His Son or angels say, “Don’t fear!” 

How is that possible? 

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:1-3

In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 

So the next time you hear those pesky croaking frogs, the next time you are threatened by fear, remember who God is and what He can do! You are His.

The One Who is in you is greater that the one who is in the world. 1st John 4:4