The
Ant and the Contact
Lens
A true story by
Josh and Karen Zarandona
- If
you're seriously interested in
knowing about your spiritual
gifts and what God wants you
to do for Him, you need to
think beyond the basics.
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- This
candid article takes a closer
look at things you need to
know about carrying the load
God gives you.
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THE
ANT AND THE CONTACT
LENS
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- Brenda
was a young woman who was
invited to go rock climbing.
Although she was scared to
death, she went with her group
to a tremendous granite
cliff.
- In
spite of her fear, she put on
the gear, took a hold of the
rope, and started up the face
of that rock.
- Well,
she got to a ledge where she
could take a breather. As she
was hanging on there, the
safety rope snapped against
Brenda's eye and knocked out
her contact lens.
- Well,
here she is on a rock ledge,
with hundreds of feet below
her and hundreds of feet above
her. Of course, she looked and
looked, hoping it had landed
on the ledge, but it just
wasn't there.
- Here
she was, far from home, her
sight now blurry. She was
desperate and began to get
upset, so she prayed to the
Lord to help her to find it.
- When
she got to the top, a friend
examined her eye and her
clothing for the lens, but
there was no contact lens to
be found.
- She sat
down, despondent, with the
rest of the party, waiting for
the rest of them to make it up
the face of the cliff. She
looked out across range after
range of mountains, thinking
of that
- Bible
verse that says,
- "The
eyes of the Lord run to and
fro throughout the whole
earth."
- She
thought, " Lord, you can see
all these mountains. You know
every stone and leaf, and You
know exactly where my contact
lens is. Please help
me."
- Finally,
they walked down the trail to
the bottom. At the bottom
there was a new party of
climbers just starting up the
face of the cliff. One of them
shouted out, "Hey, you guys!
Anybody lose a contact lens?"
- Well,
that would be startling
enough, but you know why the
climber saw it? An ant was
moving slowly across the face
of the rock, carrying it!
- Brenda
told me that her father is a
cartoonist. When she told him
the incredible story of the
ant, the prayer, and the
contact lens, he drew a
picture of an ant lugging that
contact lens with the words,
- "Lord,
I don't know why You want me
to carry this thing. I can't
eat it, and it's awfully
heavy. But, if this is what
You want me to do, I'll carry
it for You."
- I think
it would probably do some of
us good to occasionally say,
- "God,
I don't know why you want me
to carry this load. I can see
no good in it and it's awfully
heavy. But, if you want me to
carry it, I
will."
- God
doesn't call the
qualified, He qualifies
the called.
- To me,
that is not only a faith
builder, but also a reminder
that I need to stop asking
questions and simply carry the
load that the Lord has given
to me.
- It is
God that does the work! We
just carry the contact
lenses!
This guest article presented by
Bob Pardue. the owner of the
Making Christ Known website and
does commentary for
online
Bible
study.
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