Be Faith Full!

January 2, 2025

From Pastor Joseph Wamack

A flock of wild ducks was heading south for the winter. They formed a beautiful V formation in the sky. One of the ducks named Wally, spotted something on the ground that caught his eye. It was a barnyard full of tame ducks. They were waddling and quacking merrily-eating corn thrown on the ground for them every morning. Wally liked what he saw. "It sure would be nice to have some of that corn," he thought. "And all this flying is tiring. I'd like to just waddle around for a while."

So Wally left the formation of wild ducks, made a sharp dive to the left, and headed for the barnyard. He landed among the tame ducks, and began to waddle around, quacking merrily and eating corn. The formation of wild ducks continued their journey south, but Wally didn't care. "I'll rejoin them when they come back north in a few months," he said to himself.

Several months went by and sure enough, Wally spotted the flock of wild ducks, heading north. They looked beautiful and Wally was tired of the barnyard. "It's time to leave," said Wally.

Wally flapped his wings furiously and tried to get airborne. But he had gained some weight from his new corn-eating lifestyle and hadn't exercised his wings much. He got off the ground but was flying too low and slammed into the side of the barn. He fell to the ground with a thud and said, "Oh, well, I'll just wait until they fly south in a few months. Then I'll rejoin them and become a wild duck again."

But when the flock flew south next winter, Wally tried to fly, but didn't have the strength. Every winter and every spring, he saw his wild duck friends flying overhead-they would call out to him. But his attempts to leave were in vain. Eventually Wally no longer paid any attention to the wild ducks flying overhead. He hardly even noticed them. He had, after all, become a barnyard duck.

It seems to me that Wally had lost himself in the crowd. He had not lived up to his potential and had settled for less. Have you ever felt like you have lost yourself? That you blend in with the crowd, doing what they do when they do it until one day you wake up and you don’t recognize who you are? What happened to that God given potential?

God made you in His image, put His thumbprint on your heart and then called you to serve Him. Some of us focus and hear the call. Others wander, fly out of formation, land in the safest barnyard, and live safe contented lives.

Question: What has God called you to do? To be? Where to serve? Who to minister to? There is no one else exactly like you! Be who God created you to be. May 2025 be the year you live up to your God given potential without fear or compromise. Be faith full!