JOHN
Good Morning! I’m John Branning, Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. Jeff Spiller tells a joke about a pilot, a rocket scientist, a Boy Scout, and a priest who are all flying when the plane stalls. The pilot says: “There are four of us and we only have three parachutes. I have a family so I must survive.” He grabs a parachute and jumps out the door.
The rocket scientist grabs a chute and says: “I’m the smartest man, and it would be a great tragedy if I didn’t survive.”
The priest looked at the boy and said, “Son, I have no family. I’m prepared to meet my maker. You have your entire life ahead of you. Take the last parachute.”
The Boy Scout smiled and said: Father, don’t worry, we will both survive because you see the smartest man just jumped out of the plane wearing my knapsack on his back.”
We can all acquire lots of knowledge and intelligence throughout life. However, if we can’t answer why am I here or what is my purpose, then we may be preparing to jump into eternity with nothing more than a knapsack on our back.
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