The Parable of the Pecking Pidgeons

As i was walking home from school today (the bus stop, not NUS!), i noticed a noisy flock of pidgeons outside my block... What they were doing caught my attention. Apparently the huge flock was all trying to grab some crumbs (or was it grain?) that was thrown onto the pavement. And they were quite noisy at it too. They seemed to be trying to push and shove each other trying to get those tiny little grains... The interesting thing about what they were doing was that in the course of their melee and their obsession with the grains, they failed to notice that there were some huge chunks of bread lying few feet from their arena. In fact, some wise pidgeon could have just withdrawn from the melee, grabbed a piece of bread and enjoyed it elsewhere without having to contend with the other pidgeons for those tiny little grains. Quite dumb don't ya think?

The thing is, many a times, that's what we do in the church. We squabble, make a lot of noise, contend with each other.. over what? Over petty little issues. Another interpretation could be the fact that many times, we are so consumed with small insignificant things that it fails to bring us to the big picture. We're so concerned chasing after little grains that don't satisfy while we can have the Bread of Life! Many times, we become so obsessed with all our little problems and we lose our peace over them and fail to see God's mighty hand in dealing with it as well as His grace, just waiting for us to take hold of it and appropriate it in our lives... If only we stopped what we're doing, stepped back from engaging with what we think is important, we'll see that right there, not far from us is a huge chunk of bread waiting for the wise among us to apprehend it and run with it...

The abundant life is the norm. Abundance of bread is the norm. If we think that God is contented to give us less than what we need, then we need a change in mindset, a change in perspective. And sometimes, it's just as simple as taking a step back and seeing that His provision is not so far from us after all...

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. -Eph 3:20-21

God bless you all! :D