Vision: Peanut Analogy

This happened a while ago when we had a Holy Spirit baptism at church (I think, I forgot as well). The leaders were asking how people felt, and whether they received anything or not after the new feeling. As people stood up and shared a testimony at the front, I really reaaaallyy wanted to share something too - but I had nothing to share about. So I prayed to God to give me something.

Towards the end, He answered my prayer.

I saw... a peanut...

Strange? That's what I thought as well. It seemed so unrelated and so weird. So I asked God for its meaning. Was it related to elephants? Since elephants like peanuts, you know...

But finally I got it! I don't know if it makes sense, but bear with me. It seemed to make some sense to me back then.

So the peanut represents us. The peanut is still within the shell. So basically, it's not the peanut that people eat. I actually don't know what they can do.. Maybe use it to throw at other people? Which will hurt them. So basically, there is no use in a peanut when it's still inside the shell. (Art & craft related things aside). This represents us as people wo are still afraid and scared. We are still inside our comfort zone - hiding in our own protective shell, afraid to break it open, afraid to come out. What benefit does this bring? Nothing. Just like a peanut in a shell has no benefit to people, when we're still in our own comfort zone, we cannot bring a benefit to others.

Now, what happens if we crack the peanut shell open and obtain the nut inside? It becomes edible! We can eat it and enjoy it! It tastes so good! There is immediately a huge difference than when it was inside the shell. This means that WE should come out of our comfort zone. We should crack open OUR own shells, whatever it is that is hindering us to become enjoyable to others.

Whether we are afraid to talk up to others, or we don't fully believe in God yet... Whatever it is that we are afraid of, we should deal with it fast! God is there to help us. He didn't create us to be like the peanut shell to be thrown at people, but as the nut inside that can bring joy to others.

I know, it's a pretty weird analogy.. But it makes sense in a way. I will never look at a peanut the same way again.. lol..