Driven by Hunger
Journal 2005 02 23
Driven by Hunger
Third day in a row of thirty degree weather. The meat supply is filled for a while and the men return to trying to free the boats from the ice. The ice has nearly built up to the top of the boats. Using axes and pikes (we’d probably call them spears) the men free the smaller boat and make progress on the larger one.
Remember the amputation of toes that Clark performed on the Indian teen on January 27th? He is finally healed enough for his father to take him home on a sled. He has been in camp since the 10th of January. It would be fascinating to hear his account of a month spent in camp as an observer of the daily life of the soldiers.
It has taken three weeks since Captain Clark and sixteen soldiers set out on February 3rd to hunt for meat. That is dogged determination. Their hunger drove them on. Proverbs 16:26, “A laborer's appetite makes him work harder, because he wants to satisfy his hunger.”
Most of their work was focused on satisfying their hunger for three weeks. Had they not been successful, they would have continued in their pursuit of meat.
Then, and only then, did they return to the “emergency” of freeing their boats from the ice. This time conditions had changed and the men were able to free the boat. It took a change in temperature to change the circumstances so the same amount of work, or less, resulted in the fulfillment of their goal.
Are we working on anything in our lives that might just be like that boat frozen in the river? Are we working so hard to accomplish a goal that is “stuck in the ice” that we are not taking care of our daily work to meet our basic needs?
Are we working so hard to meet our basic needs that we are not able to accomplish any other work?
If the answer is “yes” to either of those questions we need to gain wisdom and work accordingly. If we were working outside everyday we would be limited by nature in what we could accomplish. Now, most of us must learn to be limited by what God would impose as “conditions” upon us.
Are we having problems bringing in enough meat? Then let’s use dogged determination and let our appetite drive our work as Proverbs 16:26 tells us. Once we’ve satisfied our hunger, then let us get back to the important work of “freeing the boats”. Clark was able to get back to completing his maps to send back to President Jefferson. Lewis went back to meeting with the local tribal leaders.
Can we see our work in a simpler fashion today? Fill the larder, take care of the urgent needs and then return to that which advances the mission and the dream behind it.
Driven by Hunger
Third day in a row of thirty degree weather. The meat supply is filled for a while and the men return to trying to free the boats from the ice. The ice has nearly built up to the top of the boats. Using axes and pikes (we’d probably call them spears) the men free the smaller boat and make progress on the larger one.
Remember the amputation of toes that Clark performed on the Indian teen on January 27th? He is finally healed enough for his father to take him home on a sled. He has been in camp since the 10th of January. It would be fascinating to hear his account of a month spent in camp as an observer of the daily life of the soldiers.
It has taken three weeks since Captain Clark and sixteen soldiers set out on February 3rd to hunt for meat. That is dogged determination. Their hunger drove them on. Proverbs 16:26, “A laborer's appetite makes him work harder, because he wants to satisfy his hunger.”
Most of their work was focused on satisfying their hunger for three weeks. Had they not been successful, they would have continued in their pursuit of meat.
Then, and only then, did they return to the “emergency” of freeing their boats from the ice. This time conditions had changed and the men were able to free the boat. It took a change in temperature to change the circumstances so the same amount of work, or less, resulted in the fulfillment of their goal.
Are we working on anything in our lives that might just be like that boat frozen in the river? Are we working so hard to accomplish a goal that is “stuck in the ice” that we are not taking care of our daily work to meet our basic needs?
Are we working so hard to meet our basic needs that we are not able to accomplish any other work?
If the answer is “yes” to either of those questions we need to gain wisdom and work accordingly. If we were working outside everyday we would be limited by nature in what we could accomplish. Now, most of us must learn to be limited by what God would impose as “conditions” upon us.
Are we having problems bringing in enough meat? Then let’s use dogged determination and let our appetite drive our work as Proverbs 16:26 tells us. Once we’ve satisfied our hunger, then let us get back to the important work of “freeing the boats”. Clark was able to get back to completing his maps to send back to President Jefferson. Lewis went back to meeting with the local tribal leaders.
Can we see our work in a simpler fashion today? Fill the larder, take care of the urgent needs and then return to that which advances the mission and the dream behind it.
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