The Power of Action

Have you ever heard about the penguins at the San Francisco Zoo? They had forty-six penguins that lived there for a long time. They became lazy and comfortable in their environment. So much so that they spent more time sleeping then they did swimming.

One day six new penguins arrived from Ohio. From dawn to dusk they swam and swam and swam. Eventually the forty-six penguins that spent more time sleeping were side by side swimming with the new arrivals. The six new penguin’s behavior and actions motivated the other forty-six penguins around them to do what they were called to do... swim!

Don’t ever think you don’t make a difference to those around you. Don’t let life just pass you by as you go through the motions, growing lazy and comfortable in your surroundings. There is a lost and hurting world surrounding you, watching you and if you are willing to jump into your calling and not give up they too will follow you. Lead them to the cross, to the One who died for you, to the thing they are called to do…