Missing the rabbit and the squirrel

[Guest guest]

There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an

old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go out

hunting and kill some wild game for dinner. As he went down the road,

he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it. The rabbit ran

away.Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and

missed it. The squirrel disappeared into a hole in a cottonwood tree.

As he went further, he saw a large wild " Tom " turkey in the tree, but

he had only one bullet remaining. A voice spoke to him and said, " Pray

first, aim high and stay focused. "

 

However, at the same time, he saw a deer which was a better kill. He

brought the gun down and aimed at the deer. But, then he saw a

rattlesnake between his legs about to bite him, so he naturally

brought the gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake. Still, the

voice said again to him, " I said 'Pray, Aim high and Stay focused. "

So, the man decided to listen to God's voice.

 

He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot the wild

turkey. The bullet bounced off the turkey and killed the deer.The

handle fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and killed it.

And, when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into a pond. When he

stood up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a dead deer

and a turkey to eat for his family. The snake (Satan) was dead simply

because the man listened to God.

 

Each thing in this story represents something we face in our daily

lives. It may be our failures (missing the rabbit and squirrel), or

the distractions and diversions we face each day (trying to decide

which of the other 3 animals to shoot with the last bullet). The man's

hesitance to obey God's voice the first time represents how we try

everything humanly possible before we ask God to meet our needs, and

how little faith we have that He will take care of the things we face

each day no matter how small or big they seem to us.