1. WHAT CAN THESE SMALL THINGS TEACH ME? – Teach me a man or woman of the 21st century?
Why we have more wisdom, more “knowledge” than anyone ever!
Our access to that knowledge is enormous. We can download volumes of data.
I think the lizard is saying – HOLD ON TO WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU!GRASP WHERE HE HAS PLACED YOU AND HOLD TIGHT PROVERBS 30:28

“The lizard skillfully grasps with its hands, And it is in kings’ palaces.”

Most lizards are amazing creature. God created many of them with suction cups on his hands and feet so they can walk up walls, crawl across ceilings, even enter the kings palace, a place he did not deserve to be in, a place he did not belong.

Now how in the world does that relate to us as Christians?

I see a two fold response here.

First of all God has given each of us certain gifts to be used in the body of Christ. Now you can choose to use them, or not to use them. If you don’t use them you will become stagnant.

If you use them like the lizard here does, who lets nothing get in his way, climbing over obstacles, walking on walls and ceilings, you too will forge ahead for the kingdom of God, going and doing things you never dreamed of.

But I think the primary thought here is holding onto the precious promises that God has given each of us.

He has forgiven us our sins, cleansed us from all unrighteousness, has adopted us into His family, blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, He will never leave us or forsake us, has made us into His masterpiece, prepared the work for us and us for the work, in physical death we will enter into His presence, we will spend eternity with the Lord, we will rule and reign with Him in the kingdom age, we will enter into the new Jerusalem where the curse will be completely removed and we will spend eternity with our God.

Now of course this is just a brief summation of some of the promises that God has give to us.

We can find out the rest in the Word of God- our Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth. [B.I.B.L.E.]
From Genesis through the book of Revelation.
The lesson the lizard is showing me is that I need to HOLD ON TO WHAT GOD HAS GIVE ME!HOLD ON TIGHT. DON’T LET IT SLIP AWAY.

I hear Him say to me through the Lizard- Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

These lessons that God has given to me from nature.

The ant showed me that I need to prepare for eternity.

Once that decision is made, the rock badger showed me that my only security, my only defense against the enemy is when I stand upon the rock, when I hide ourselves in Jesus.

The locusts then shows me the far reaching effects that unity can bring upon a community, far more effective than working by myself.

And lastly, the lizard showed me that I need to cultivate those gifts that God has given me and hold onto His precious promises, for as I do, I will find myself in the kings palace – THE KING OF KINGS AN LORD OF LORD’S!

As Peter admonishes us in I Peter 1:3-5, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hopethrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

Never forget that! Be like one of these small things- finish the work God has given me.