I don’t know about you but I love honey. Have you ever watched a honeybee? It is amazing what a little worker bee can do.
When a bee is born in the cooler weather, like spring, they don’t have to travel as far to collect nectar. There are more flowers available so it is much easier to find places to collect.
When it is summer time and the weather is hotter they have to travel longer distances to find the flowers. So in the summer, when the bees work the hardest, they only live about 40 days. When the heat is turned up the work is harder and short-lived.
An average bee travels about 500 miles. During its lifetime, it gathers enough nectar to make about 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey. This is a lot of hard work but they are persistent in their collecting.
Another thing that is amazing about the worker bee is that it can carry a heavy load. When the worker bee is loaded down with pollen or nectar their wings must carry almost two times its body weight. And they do this an average of ten times a day.
When worker bees are flying around looking for nectar or pollen they go in all different directions but when they get full they make a beeline for the hive, in other words they take a direct route to get back home. They do not allow anything to distract them. Their burdens have become so heavy that they no longer think about anything else but getting back home.
We are living in awesome times. There are so many people out there that need to know about the love of Jesus. They are beautiful flowers that just need to be pollinated. It may be someone right in your own home.
There is coming a time when the heat is going to be so strong upon Christians that it will be a lot more difficult to pollinate. Sharing will shorten our lives. There are parts of this world that are already in these conditions.
We need to work now while it is cooler. We will be able to reach more people at this time than when it gets hotter. “I must work…while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4. Another way to look at it, we must work while it is cooler because there will come a time where it is so hot no man can work.
It might seem at times that we work so hard with hardly any results. But we need to be like the worker bee. They don’t even think about it, they just keep working hard every day even though in their lifetime they only make 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey. We need to look at life with a different perspective.
As we strive each day to work for the salvation of those around us we will “collect” burdens. At times we may feel so heavy that we cannot go on. At this point we need to be sure that we are taking a beeline to “home” the Burden Bearer. We need to be filled with the strength of God each morning as we spend time with Him. And He will be our wings through the day and carry those heavy burdens. “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Ephesians 6:10. He will carry us through.
Dear Father,
Thank You for the example of the bee. We need to work while it is in the cool of the day because the heat is coming. Help us to work for You without complaint but with diligence just like the bees. Thank You for the lessons that we can get from Your second book, nature.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Let’s keep busy for the salvation of others. Remember it starts with our family. If our family is in a lost condition, we need to be working for them. To work for the salvation of others, when our immediate family is in need, is not God’s plan. I have seen many families where they have spent many years in the mission of reaching others and their children were in a lost condition. We can become so focused on winning others to Christ that we miss what work God really has for us to be doing. It is easier to work for the salvation of others over our family because our family truly knows who we are. The best witness we can be to others is by reaching the hearts of our family so that our family reflects Christ. Let’s make sure we keep the right perspective. It isn’t about what other people think about your choices but what God thinks.
Love you all.
What lessons have you learned through the life of the bee? I would love to hear it.