~The Hummingbird

O ne summer morning, while I was reading my Bible, I looked out my front window and a movement caught my eye. A beautiful little hummingbird approached the feeder. All of the other birds I had watched had come to the feeder with their wings fluttering a mile a minute. As they took quick sips of the red-colored nectar, they kept a keen eye out for their fellow hummingbirds who loved to swoop down upon them like miniature dive bombers and then off they would fly. This little bird, however, perched his minuscule feet solidly upon the tiny railing and looked neither to the right nor to the left; but just sat there intent upon his feeding and drank to his heart's content. His focus was on feeding, not on his potential problems. Not one bird attacked him.    It occurred to me as I watched this scene that many of us need to learn a lesson from this little bird. We may be wounded inside or have problems and be searching for answers. We read self-help books, seek psychological help, talk to a friend, or find countless other ways to try to cope. Some of these methods may help some, but God offers us help that will bring true healing and wholeness. God says, "They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water." (Bible Link: Jeremiah 2:13) These other places where we look for comfort and healing are those broken cisterns that cannot hold water.    The solution God offers is pictured in this little hummingbird I was observing, not in the others who dart in and grab a quick drink and dart off again to go and deal with their problems themselves. No, He said we will find Him when we seek Him with all our heart. (Jeremiah 29:13) This tiny little bird came in honesty and in expectation of getting his need met and he kept drinking until he was full, and he came back day after day the same way. We can do the same thing with an open Bible and an open heart. back to Bloom Home