God Always Provides a Way

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A New Day eDevotional

God Always Provides a Way

1 Corinthians 10:13, “. . .but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” Sometimes we face challenges in life that seem insurmountable. But if you think it’s tough for us, take a look at what the Japanese honeybee faces. The Japanese honeybee has a fiercesome predator, the Giant Japanese Hornet. When a Giant Japanese Hornet finds a honeybee nest it will kill a few honeybees and take them back to its nest to feed its larvae. But then it returns, this time marking the honeybee hive with a scent. The scent attracts other hornets, and when two or three have arrived they begin to slaughter the honeybees. But the honeybees have developed a defense that puzzled scientists for quite some time. You see, the honeybees can kill the hornets, but not in the way you might think. They don’t sting them to death. Instead they do the opposite of what might be expected. Over 100 worker honeybees gather near the entrance to the nest, and then, when the hornet comes near, they lift and shake their abdomens in a peculiar dance. The hornet finds this very aggravating. The bees then dive into their nest, and the steamed up hornet follows, intent to do some damage. Unbeknown to the hornet 1000 worker bees are waiting for him just inside the entrance. When he gets close enough, around 500 of them jump on him, enclosing him in a ball of honeybees about the size of a clenched fist. They gather as close as they can to the hornet and start vibrating their muscles. And what happens? The vibrations cause the temperature to rise and rise and rise. In less than 5 minutes the temperature is up to 117 degrees. And guess what temperature is too hot for a hornet to survive? 113 degrees; whereas the honeybees can function up to 120 degrees. The hornet dies and the honeybees survive. Sometimes the problems in our lives can seem so overwhelming that we can’t see anyway out. The most obvious way doesn’t seem to work. The example of the Japanese honeybees encourages us to keep looking until we find another way. God always provides a way; so we can be led by His wisdom and grace from any insurmountable issue, into the safety and freedom of a new day.