E-Mail Wisdom/Humor # 4
Fly high - the answer is above!
If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is
entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an
absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the
ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it
will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small
jail with no top.
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the
air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat
ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully,
until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the
air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies,
unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but
persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It
will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat, and the
bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations,
not ever realizing that the answer is right there 'above' them. Don't be limited
by the 'low' problems of today. Instead, climb on to Him and then fly high.
- Dr P G Vargis, mission statesman and communicator, leader India Evangelical
Team: http://www.pgv.com/
(New Vine Fellowship 8/26/03)