A Story Parable: Pray First, Aim High, Stay Focused.
There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old
shotgun and three shells. So, he decided that he would go out and kill something
for dinner.
As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit and he shot at the rabbit and missed it.
Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and missed it.
As he went further, he saw a wild turkey in the tree and he had only one bullet, but
a voice came 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 rattle snake between his legs about to bite him, so he naturally
brought the gun down further to shoot the rattle snake.
Still, the voice said again to him, “I said ‘pray, aim high and stay focused.’ ”
So, the man decided to listen to the 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 to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a dead deer and a
turkey to eat. The snake (Satan) was dead simply because the man listened to
God.
Moral of the story: Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in your
goals, and stay focused on God.