Dateline: God's carrier pigeon in Minneapolis
"The Hawk, the Kite*, and the Pigeons" (Aesop's Fables)
THE PIGEONS, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc and slew a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce upon in a whole year.
Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
The moral of this story, when applied to the Christian Church, is to be wary of partnerships that may seem to be beneficial but have the potential to do more harm than good. Better yet- we ought to avoid any partnership that has any possibility of harm. Isn't our calling certain and our God true? Why do we insist on short-sighted vision while doing the work of a God who owns eternity? Sometimes it seems as though Christians are content to grab a life preserver when our God owns the rescue ship... we reach for Band-aids when our Lord owns the hospital.
We are not called to self-preservation (we have eternal life in Christ) or a life of fear (God will protect us). Our role as "God's pigeons" is to carry the message that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
