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BUZZARD
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.
BAT
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.
BUMBLEBEE
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.
PEOPLE
In
many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat, and more so the bumblebee.
We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing
that all we have to do is look up.
Matthew 11:28-30
