“For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.” 2 Chronicles 16:9
My wife has a birdbath…BUT! Over the years Katie has arranged, designed, planted and accessorized the side of the house to make it her own personal sanctuary. In the morning she spends her quiet God time listening to the fountain while looking at her plants and an occasional bird or squirrel. Yesterday morning, I sat in her chair and was seemingly chewed out…by a BIRD!
It was in the afternoon, as I walked by her chair, that I must have been drawn to the scenery, because I plopped down into it. Scattered movement immediately caught my eye as a bird, the type I do not know, landed in the birdbath, did a little dance, then hopped up on the bath’s edge and looked straight at me… again and again and again! I became shocked and offended!!
It took a little time but it seemed that the bird was trying to communicate its disgust with ME. The birdbath was dry as a bone and it SEEMED that the bird wanted a BATH! It looked at me AGAIN and shook it head as if to say… “WHERE’S the WATER, deadbeat!?“ Imagine MY surprised when I heard myself YELL at the bird… “it’s NOT MY JOB!” But bird was NOT deterred and… danced AGAIN!
My WIFE may have designed it, but ‘I’ set the bath and birdhouse and built the gazebo. SHE wanted it… I built it… because according to God’s marriage plan, we are ONE! If she wants it… supposedly so do ‘I.’ And the bird seemed to know that being FULLY committed to my wife meant that it was also MY job to FILL THE BIRDBATH! I finally got the message!
This morning I was shaken deep inside when this Bible verse came up in a devotional. When I forwarded it to Katie, she said out loud what ‘I’ had been thinking…”Oh.. that verse scares me! Is MY heart FULLY committed to Him EVERY MINUTE of EVERY DAY?” I could feel the Holy Spirit doing a dance in front of my eyes to get my attention! Because it’s a good question! And God already knows the answer!
O.K… I admit I am not an expert at bird-comms. AND, it is HIGHLY suspect that bird was trying to tell me something. BUT…I have a sense the Bible verse that landed in the dry spot of my spirit was from the Holy Spirit…trying to get my attention! What’s hers IS mine. And what’s mine IS His. And if there’s some filling that needs to be done… it IS MY JOB to see that it gets done! Tweet-tweet!
