Kilpatrick Baptist Association

January Newsletter 2025

Missionary Moment

by Tim Batchelor

An old Greek legend speaks of a statue called Opportunity. A traveler passing by one day asked it, "Why art thou standing on thy toes?" The statue answered, “To show how quickly I pass by.”  He then asked, "But why is thy hair so long on thy forehead?'  Answering, he said “So that men may seize me when I pass by.”  He then asked, "But why is thy head so bald at the back". He answered, "To show that when I have passed by, I cannot be caught".  This parable illustrates for us the urgent nature of catching fleeing opportunity. 

When it comes to catching opportunity, it is important to understand that before catching hold of opportunity we better make sure that it is opportunity and not trouble. Investors who took the opportunity to invest their millions in Bernard Madoff’s asset management fund wish they had not taken hold of that opportunity. On the surface, it seemed like a sound investment model producing consistent returns, when it was actually a massive Ponzi scheme. Other knowledgeable, affluent people were investing with him, and it seemed like a good idea, but the result was financial disaster. Isn’t the same true about the opportunities that are before each one of us?

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