These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth and took it home so he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. One day a small opening appeared. The man sat and watched the moth for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. To the man it appeared as if the moth had gotten as far as it could in breaking out of the cocoon and was stuck.
Out of kindness the man decided to help the moth. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of cocoon so that the moth could get out. Soon the moth emerged, but it had a swollen body and small shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the moth, expecting that in time the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would simultaneously contract to its roper size.
Neither happened. In fact that little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body ans shriveled wings. It was never able to fly. The man in his kindness and haste did not understand that the restricting cocoon and struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body into the wings so that the moth would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Before Jesus died on the cross, He told Hid disciples that after He was gone they would face many trials and persecutions. They would have lots of troubles in their life. The hard times would not be easy, but necessary for them to grow and for the Word of God to be spread around the world. He told them, Yes you will have troubles, BUT I will be with you and help you face these troubles. He would never leave them nor forsake them. Like the Emperor Moth they needed the struggle in order to be strong in the Lord.
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