A Lesson from the Bees

Narrator: Chris Genthree
 •  2 min. read  •  grade level: 5
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A black thundercloud was moving in from the west, and the low rumble of thunder was heard in the distance. As I stood watching the signs of the coming storm, I noticed the air was full of bees. Each one was flying directly to the hive near the fence. I watched them for some time as they hurried in from the flowery meadows to their home. This Bible verse came to my mind: “Flee from the wrath to come” (Matthew 3:77But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7) and Luke 3:77Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Luke 3:7)).
I thought of how much wiser the bees are than grown-ups and children of this world! The bees could sense a storm was coming, and they made a beeline for the safety of their hive. God has given us warning after warning in the Bible of the punishment that is coming on this sinful world. But people go on as if nothing were going to happen. They pay no attention to God’s warning, “Flee from the wrath to come.” His warning also says, “He [has] appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained” (Acts 17:3131Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31)).
How safe the little bees are in their hives! The storm may rage around them, but it does not touch them. And oh, how safe each person is who has run to Christ for a hiding place: “A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert [shelter] from the tempest [storm]” (Isaiah 32:22And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isaiah 32:2)). That Man is “the man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all” (1 Timothy 2:56).
Each of you - young and old -should be wise like the bees. Hurry to Christ! Don’t let any of the “sweet things” in the fields of this world tempt you to wait another minute. He will be your “hiding place” when that awful day of God’s wrath comes.
The storm clouds are gathering, and the rumble of thunder is coming closer. Are you safe?
ML-04/16/1995