Author Erin Taylor Young smiled and said, “It was against it’s nature to go deep. But that was the only way out.”
At the American Fiction Christian Writers Conference, September 17-19, Erin told us an analogy to not being afraid to go deeper in your faith. She noticed a moth 
caught between the window pane and the screen in her home. It’s predicament wretched her gut. But she also saw a lesson, one that helped to form her website theme.
It kept trying to fly up to get out. That is it’s nature. However, it forgot it got in through the dent in the bottom of the screen’s frame as it flew towards her bedroom light.
Now, to get out, the moth had to go against everything it had learned. It had to go deep into the dark corner of the window and walk at an angle through some cobwebs to reach that dent again. Against it’s instinctual tendency and through a bit of danger. It could get caught up in the sticky web remnants. It could crash.
For several minutes the moth kept flying towards the top of the window, only to whack into the top sash each time. Over and over it tried. It’s little wings flapped as hard as they could. Same path, same result. Over and over and over.
Erin asked us if God is calling us to go deep. Are we flitting around trying to reach His light by still following our own instincts, or will we hear His call to fly down and discover the one way out into His will? It may be dangerous, and a test of faith. It may get a bit tough, and the devil may put up obstacles. But, if we stay true to God”s course and follow His will, we will experience freedom, peace and the reward when we trust and obey.
Is God calling you deeper? Are you willing to say, “yes” and follow His path, even though it seems convoluted and not the normal way of doing things? It maybe keeping your cool when you want to yell back. Perhaps it is turning the other cheek. Maybe forgiving someone who has deeply hurt you. Or taking on a ministry in which you feel totally inadequate. Facing a tough circumstance like a death of a family member, a divorce or the big C diagnosis. Your instinct may be to escape the easy way. Let your human nature guide you. Rely on your own know-how, experience and strengthen.
Or, you can give in and follow God’s promptings, even if they seem contrary to everything else.
By the way, the moth finally caught on. It slipped through the dent in the screen frame and went on its way. No longer trapped.
Will you follow the moth?
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