“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9
I do not like getting out of bed when it is still dark outside. Something inside just rebels at the notion. As fall comes closer, darkness hangs out longer. Which means when the alarm goes off, one of the FIRST things I need to do is turn on a light in order to see! The usual sequence of our dark mornings is to get coffee and then send time with God. Recently, an annoying ‘buzz’ invaded our quiet routine, leaving us a little unsettled.
When my wife called me into the other room I was shocked. There, on the big sliding glass door, crawled MILLIONS of bees. At least it SOUNDED like millions! Without realizing, Katie’s perfect little serene garden of trees and plants had been invaded. The decorative, wooden birdhouse she had hung in the tree for looks had been turned into a home for honey bees. They had been awakened by the artificial light inside the house and they REALLLY wanted to come inside! GREAAAAT!
Bees are generally active during the day and stay in their hives at night. Doing a little research, I learned that our inside light was triggering a positive ‘photo-tactic response’ in the bees. This response interrupts their normal bee-havioral pattern of beeing dormant at night and causes them to seek out the light. How did I get so lucky?
It just so happened that a devotional I subscribe to was about bees and honey. God was trying to tel me something! Bees have long been a symbol of the Church because they work for the common good of the hive and not for themselves. A hive of bees will collectively travel as much as 55,000 miles and tap more than 2 million flowers to make just 1 pound of honey! And get this… a good hive can produce up to 2 pounds of honey a DAY! I’m exhausted just thinking about it!
I am not too excited about these bees. Something has to be done with them. I’ve read honey bees are endangered and that beekeepers will come and get them for free. So far I haven’t found any who will. My daughter suggested I become a beekeeper myself. When I offered them to HER… she declined.
The Bible tells me that as a Christian, I have been born with a tendency toward a kind of ‘photo-taxis.’ God, my Father, has called ME into HIS family… FROM the darkness… INTO His wonderful light… and for a purpose. My worker bee purpose is to declare to the world just how awesome, wonderful, trustworthy, joyful, loving and graceful God really is! This verse clearly reminds me that ‘I’ am called to ‘bee His BUZZZZ!’ SWEEEEEET!!!!
