Two Mice and Some Humble Pie

 Hello Church,

What are you going to do today?

One of my favorite cartoons was about 2 mice.  One was a doltz called Pinky.  The other was an ego maniac called Brain.  It was a classic combination similar to Abbott and Costello, but animated and .... well... with mice....

Every Pinky And The Brain episode started the same way.  Pinky would ask the Brain, 'What are you going to do today?'  The Brain would respond.... 'what we do every day, Pinky.  Try and take over the world.'

Of course mice can't take over the world.  We know that.  They didn't.  It was why it was funny.  At the end of every episode, the Brain's true nature would show.  We would find out again that he was only a mouse.  This leads me to a thought-provoking question:  Does God laugh at us?

We are not mice.  Compared to God, however, we are just as small and maybe smaller.  We may also seem just as naive and over-ambitious.  At our worst, we are hungry for power and control and dominance.

What are you going to do today?  

In this current climate of opinions and criticisms and sought-after power and control, be a little humble.  Stay within yourself.  And give thanks to our sovereign God that we don't have to make the world our place.  We just have to find our place in God's world.

God is Good,

Pastor Joe