Green Heron (Butorides virescens) by Lee
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you; (Job 12:7 NKJV)
I have thinking about that Green Heron in the video I posted a few days ago. (Green Heron Fishing With Bread) The verse above makes me think there has to be some lessons to learn from it. These are just some of my thoughts and I am sure you can come up with some of your own.
One that comes to thought right off is that bird’s patience. Are we?
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. (Psalms 104:27-28 KJV)
The verse used on the article tells how the Lord protects and provides for His creation. Will He not provide for us also. He loves us and wants to meet our needs, just as was provided for this Heron.
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (Matthew 6:26 NKJV)
Another lesson is that the bird is doing something that we wouldn’t think it could do. You wonder where it learned that behavior. For us, the Lord wants us to do something, and if we are willing, we are amazed at what we can do. Things we would never think we had the capacity to do He helps us perform..
Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. (Mark 9:23 KJV)
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Philippians 4:13 KJV)
He (the heron) has a goal in mind and isn’t going to give up even though it takes several attempts to accomplish his goal. The Lord tells us to become “fishers of men” and we need to keep trying and not give up. Even when our “bread” is down to hardly anything and you think you might as well give up, you try one more time.
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. (1 Corinthians 3:7-8 KJV)
On a more light side, I am not so sure that the Heron wasn’t bordering on “gluttony.” Did you see that last part where it is swallowing the fish. Looks like it almost “bit of more than it could chew.”
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (Romans 13:14 KJV)
These are but a few and if you have some, leave a comment and share them with us.
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Thanks to MrBeemBom for taking the video and sharing it on YouTube.
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Birds of the Bible For Kids 
Thank you so much for the lesson from the heron! What I got from it also, was about the Lord’s timing, that we have to persevere while believing that the Lord is going to provide — not always within the number of “tries” that we would like! The Lord’s timing is a mystery which we will get to study and hear the story, when we go to live in glory!
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This video is just amazing. I was going to watch it the first time you posted it, but then got sidetracked with some work and forgot. I’m so glad you posted it with the article. And your points are really good. Every one of those things is something we need to learn — and review frequently. Thanks.
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Thank you both, Sandra and Valarie for your comments. Timing definitely takes perserverance and patience
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Chmur (Polish for Cloud)
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At their desire he brought quails:and he filled them with the bread of heaven. psalm 105 :39
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Dear Lee,
When I finished seeing the video,the first thing that came to my mind was, the no of tries the heron put into catching the fish.Sometimes, we give up very easily even after a first try. But was just amazed at the patience of the heron.
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Patience and persistance. Thanks.
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