I heard this story recently and it was too good not to share it with you.  I’m unsure who the author and cannot take credit.  But it’s a good one!  Here it is:

An elephant and a dog became pregnant at same time.  Three months later, the dog gave birth to six puppies. Six months later the dog was pregnant again.  Nine months later, the dog gave birth to another set of puppies. This pattern continued for a while.  On the eighteenth month the dog approached the elephant questioning, “Are you sure you are pregnant? We initially became pregnant on the same date.  I have now given birth three times to over a dozen puppies.  Most are grown to full size, yet you still haven’t given birth.  What’s going on?”  The elephant replied, “There is something I want you to understand. What I am carrying is not a puppy but an elephant. I only give birth to one in two years.  But, when my baby hits the ground, the earth feels it.  When my baby crosses the road, human beings stop and watch in admiration.  What I carry draws attention and admiration.  What I’m carrying is mighty and great.”

While reading this story I was reminded of David.  When Samuel called for Jesse’s son’s to be presented to before him so a new king could be crowned, David wasn’t included in the original lineup.  David, being the runt of the bunch, was left out of an important moment.  Samuel began looking over Jesse’s handsome son’s but didn’t feel the leading of the Holy Spirit to anoint any of them as the next king.  When Samuel ask if there were any others, David was called in from shoveling sheep poop to be presented before the prophet.  No doubt, in that moment, David did not look the part of a king, yet the Holy Spirit led Samuel to anoint him as such.  Following this moment, there was no grand celebration.  David was simply sent back to the fields to continue his work.  It would be decades later before he would ascend to the throne.

David had to endure years of hardship and running for his life before he eventually became king.  I have often wondered if he ever became discouraged during those times.  All we’re told is that he remained faithful to whatever God placed in front of him.  He always chose to behave himself wisely and submitted to the authority God placed over him, even at his own demise.

Friend, I want to extend congratulations to you today.  You’re pregnant and probably didn’t even know it!  God has called you to do a mighty work for the kingdom.  Problems arise when we get so caught up with our current surroundings that we can’t see past what God has impregnated us with.  Life is not about waiting for the next promotion.  It’s about serving faithfully where He has planted us.

Closing remarks and encouragement:  It may take some time for that promise to come to pass but I assure you, once you give birth, the world will stand in amazement at the work of God in your life.  What you are carrying is mighty and great simply because it came from Almighty God Himself!  As Zech 4:10 reminds us, “Do not despise these small beginnings……”  Just be faithful and wait!

Have a blessed week, my friends!!!