Are You Ready to Leave the Cocoon?

“He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”

Mark 16:15

 

 

How much of the world would you guess, does a Caterpillar get to see in their lifetime?

A lifetime which is anywhere from only a few weeks to,

at most, several months depending on the climate that caterpillar is in.

They likely spend most of their time within a mile or two of where they were born.

They don’t get very far.

In other words – no road trips for caterpillars.

Then they spin a cocoon which shrinks their world even smaller.

I think the church over the last several decades, in many ways,

has been like the Caterpillar in the cocoon.

But, also like the caterpillar in the cocoon, there is a transformation coming to the church.

I believe we are in the early stages of that transformational season taking place.

God is moving us out of the cocoon and into the world.

Now the butterfly that emerges from the cocoon has wings and travels to far greater places than the caterpillar ever did. 

To you – no, to each of us who were once caterpillars God is doing a transformational work in our lives and telling us to spread our wings and take His love, His Good News to the four corners of the world.

I cannot do that inside the cocoon.

The cocoon is ‘safe’ but it is not meant to be permanent.  

I’ve tried inviting people to come to my cocoon and hear a great message or be ministered to but for some reason the cocoon has put them off.

Now it’s time to go out into the world and reveal Christ in you to that world.

Are you ready to leave the cocoon?