SS Thoughts #10: Strength in Numbers – An Analogy

Life in the sea is a very risky business for young fish – their small size makes them an easy target for larger predators. But “schooling” in large numbers, is a good survival technique. Sharks and other large fish find it a little more challenging to isolate and capture a single individual in a school.

Penguins use the same principle when they huddle together against the cold; and flocks of migrating birds use it to help each other make long flights to warm climates.

Isn’t this something we need to do on our journey—get closer together and strengthen and encourage each other? If fish, with their tiny fish brains, and birds, with their small bird brains, can come together to survive, how much more should we do so—staying close and strengthening each other until our Savior returns.

Satan would like nothing better than to tear us away from each other, make us take our eyes off Jesus, and cause us to be lost.  But he cannot do it if we remain together and build our faith. We must embrace our new brothers and sisters into this tight fold too. We must not leave them out there to survive on their own—they will not.

Lord make me worthy to be a source of strength and encouragement for someone on their journey. Then my living might not be in vain.

“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another…” 1 Thess. 5:11