Leaping Lizards is an alliteration. What’s that? Alliteration is a linguistic device
consisting of two or more successive slightly different words starting with the
same sound as in dare devil, tip toe, star struck, feeding frenzy, swan song,
back biting, soul searching, or any hundreds of others. Brand name alliteration is everywhere.
Coco Cola, Pay Pal, Krispy Kreme, Best Buy and many others. Alliteration and alliterative phrases are
commonly used since it adds interest to a sentence and can be a great way to
help you remember names and phrases that you might forget. Alliterative phrases are fun to use at
parties. Say each
of these three times quickly in succession: “She sells sea-shells down by the
sea-shore”, “Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers”. They are called tongue twisters. Alliteration is a literary stylistic device used
in songs, poems, jingles and different areas.
Right now let’s stick with real leaping lizards and dare devils.
The flying dragon of Southeast Asia glides
from tree to tree. They look like
leaping lizards. They are known as
“gliders” because the flap of skin between their front and back legs isn’t
movable like a bird’s wing. About eight inches long, they maintain a relatively
flat flight path on their journey between trees. Imagine the jealously
of other reptiles who have to crawl along on all fours?
People have discovered that if you wear a skintight
suit that has solid webbing between your outstretched hands and feet, you can
leap off tall cliffs and glide effortlessly for miles. And if you carry a
parachute for when you can’t glide anymore, you can live to do it all over
again. Leaping lizards versus leaping dare devils. One is designed and
engineered by the Creator while the other is designed and engineered by
copycats.
Do you see a parallel between gliding through life
with all its complexities and yet landing safely to continue your forward
momentum? We physically climb to reach the higher altitudes of fame and
fortune, business and success, balancing work life and home life while
attempting to avoid danger and temptation. When we’ve reached a comfortable
altitude there is the impulse to jump for that greener grass or that greener
promotion or that greener trinket. The impulse is always going to be within
you, but bear in mind that with jumping and/or gliding gravity does its best
work.
Achieving a position is usually accomplished with
steady work. Leaping and gliding to a new position can deplete valuable
resources and without many guarantees. If you quit climbing, you have settled
for mediocrity. If you quit gliding, you have settled for ordinary. Gold and
silver aren’t found lying on top of the ground; you have to dig for them. Bible
knowledge and wisdom aren’t waiting to fall into your lap like an apple from a
tree. God is waiting for you to put forth the effort and seek His help. Gliding
is fun, but climbing from basics to fundamentals to precepts to the Truth is
the greatest leap of all.
Bottom Line:
“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6:33 Now, that’s a guarantee!
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