GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU
Once upon the time, in a village called Kattur lived a lazy man name Rajan, who did not like to work and would always look for an easier way to feed himself. One day, while searching for food he saw a fruit farm. He decided to steal some fruits from the farm. He walked into farm and started to climb the tree just at the time the farmer came and saw him climbing the tree. Farmer shouted at him and asked him to come down. Rajan got scared and did not come down. Seeing this farmer went inside and came back with a big stick to hit him.
When Rajan saw this, he quickly came down before farmer could reach him and ran towards the nearby forest and hide there. After sometime, he got up and while passing through the forest he saw a crippled fox that had only two legs and was crawling. Rajan thought, “How can this fox stay alive in such a condition? The fox cannot run then how can it feed itself or stay safe from threat of other animals?”. Just then he saw a lion coming toward that fox with a piece of meat in his mouth. Seeing lion all other animals ran away but fox stayed there only. Rajan climbed upon the tree to save himself. But what happened the next surprised Rajan.
The lion left a piece of meat, which was in his mouth for the fox and the fox ate that piece of meat. Rajan was shocked to see that but he was happy to see God’s play. He thought, God who is creator of all, God always have a plan to take care of all living beings. Thinking this; he thought that if God had such plan for fox, then God must be having some plan for him too. So, he moved forward and found a tree alongside road. He sat below a tree and started waiting for someone to feed him too. He kept looking at road waiting for his food. He waited for two days but still no one came with food.
At last, when he could not bear his hunger anymore, he left in search for some food. On his way he met an old man and told him everything he saw. Old man gave him some food and water. After eating food Rajan asked the old man “Oh wise one, you won’t believe what I saw”. I saw a crippled fox and a lion was feeding him is it not a divine message of God for me? God had shown his mercy upon a crippled fox but no one came for me why God was so cruel to me? The Old man smiled and spoke “It is true that God has a plan for everyone. You are also part of god’s plan but my friend you took his sign in a wrong way.
He did not want you to be like the fox but he wanted you to be the lion”. If we see closely in our lives, we will find that life is filled with lessons and every moment has a deeper meaning. Rajan saw the fox getting help and thought he could just sit and wait for good things to happen to him too. But waiting without action can lead to missed opportunities.
While God takes care of all, he also gives each of us the abilities and chances to take care of ourselves just like the lion, who took the initiative we too have the strength and capability to change our situations. It is important not to misread signs and wait passively but to be proactive, make efforts and be the change we wish to see. God does not want us to sit and wait.
He wants us to act to be brave and face challenges head-on. So, as we journey through our life let’s not wait for things to change. Let it be changing lighting our path with determination and hope. Therefore, always strive to be the lion that takes charge rather than waiting for things to come your way.
By: ARCHANAA P
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