Day #13

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For anyone who has been around young children for longer than ten minutes, chances are you have read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. It is a 1969 classic children's picture book designed, illustrated, and written by Eric Carle.

If haven’t enjoyed the delights of this special tale, what an epic adventure you have missed!

The beautifully illustrated story follows the delectable journey of one very hungry caterpillar (hence the name) that consumes quite the variety of foods before pupating and becoming a butterfly after this season is done.

Hang on, ‘pupating’… what on earth is that?

Well, simply put, pupation is the fancy scientific term to describe the stage or process when a caterpillar stops growing in its current form and transitions to a new season of change and growth, undergoing a fast and quite fabulous physical transformation (both internal and external) to become a moth or butterfly.

What does this lovely little process have to do with us? Well, a lot more than we may think.

If you read Colossians 3:10, bar the fancy scientific term I just used above, this verse details a similar process for each of us once we’ve ‘said yes to Jesus’ and declared His eternal Lordship in our lives.

We have begun “to live the new life” with that decision. This term ‘begun’ is a powerful one not to be glossed over. It is a verb – meaning ‘action is required’ – and it delineates a process – something that is ongoing.

The ICB version continues with this ‘language of becoming’, stating that in our new life “you are being made new” – indeed “becoming like the One who made you”. What good news!

As only God can, not only are we given the gift and blessing of a new life, but He also graces us with the time (each day until we meet Him face-to-face) and resources (His Word and Spirit) to become like Him and have “the true knowledge of God”.

In each day and each phase of its life, a caterpillar come moth or butterfly, trusts in its Creator and way they’ve been designed. They trust each part of the process of the becoming so implicitly that they willingly submit to the transformation without thought.

Imagine trusting your Creator with the ‘process of becoming’ so implicitly that you willingly submit to each phase of the transformation without question let alone whimper.

I’m not there yet but I sure want to be. How about you?

Scripture Reading

Colossians 3:10 [ICB]

Philippians 2:8 [ICB]

Galatians 3:13 [NIV]

Reflection Prompts

In what area(s) is He prompting you to become more like Him this year? Meditate and write down three.

How can you submit more willingly and joyfully in this ‘process of becoming’?