If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely
open at
the top, the bird, despite his 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 ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his
habit, he
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
bee. They are struggling about with all their problems and
frustrations, not
realizing that the answer is right there "above" them.
--Author Unknown
"Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not grow weary,
walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
--Selected from God@Work newsletter. God@Work is a ministry of St Mark's United Methodist Church, 8550 Pioneers Blvd., Lincoln Nebraska 68520 U.S.A. .
