Adult: The Reproductive Stage
The adult stage is what most people think of when they think of butterflies. They look very different from the larva. The caterpillar has a few tiny eyes, stubby legs and very short antennae. The adults have long legs, long antennae, and compound eyes. They can also fly by using their large and colorful wings. The one thing they can't do is grow.
The caterpillar's job was to eat. The adult's job is to mate and lay eggs. Some species of adult butterflies get energy by feeding on nectar from flowers but many species don't feed at all.
Flying comes in handy. The adult female can easily fly from place to place to find the right plant for its eggs. This is important because caterpillars can't travel far.
Most adult butterflies live only one or two weeks, but some species hibernate during the winter and may live several months.
Beautiful butterfly:
This is the stage where many of us want people to see us. We don’t want people to see us at the caterpillar or pupa stage in our lives. All we want them to see and all that most people see is the end result of the transformation not the process. (They see your glory not your story)
Yet with that being said this is also the stage where the attack from the enemy becomes a little more advance. Pride becomes a major factor in the downfall of many Christians. We feel that we earn the right to fluff our wings a little because we've gone through so much right? Wrong, this stage is where we have to get to work. God has prepared you, equipped you and ordained you to do His will. John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. John 15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Grab and go: Like the butterfly, for the survival of its species it has to get busy reproducing. We to must produce much fruit and use all that God has equipped us with to help others do the same.
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