The bird feeder

I was sitting yesterday eating my breakfast and watching the birds coming to the bird feeder. It was quite funny to watch their behaviour. The younger or smaller birds won't feed while the bigger ones are around. Although they might try a quick and sneaky peck while the bigger bird isn't facing them. Even the bigger birds have their own order. The female blackbird gives way to her mate. If the collared doves are around all the other birds vanish. I don't know if this is learned behaviour on the birds part or whether it is instinctive. So far I haven't noticed birds pecking each other at the feeder. The suet treats and other beneficence come from Debs and she is happy for any birds that want to, to just help them selves.

My thoughts then drifted off into human life. I was thinking that sometimes I hold back from doing things because someone I perceive as better is around and I think they should go first as they are better. Sometimes I hold back because of the throng. In families there can be a definite feeding order. And the youngest can be fed first. My friend Veronica told me that at parties sometimes, when the food might not be enough, the word might go out from her mum "family hold back" - that meant the visitors had to be allowed to grab the grub first.

In God's Kingdom things work differently in my experience. Everything is available for everyone. God has no favourites and his abundant blessing is available in full measure to whoever wants to come to the feeder. No one is better than anyone else. All welcome! We need to turn off our inner voice that says someone better than me should go first. And to understand that in Christ Jesus we are all made worthy. Our inheritance is there waiting for us as soon as we realise it.

Dear Lord, help me to accept your invitation for my life to be transformed. Amen