A
wealthy business man from a town called Kutuba by name Ralph Tom was on his way to the big
city of Zankuta for an important meeting when his car breaks down outside a
small village called Zion.
Ralph
anxiously walks into the village and meets a man called Parlfix coming out of Sunday
church. Parlfix listens to his predicament and tells him that they will help him
any way they can, but he calmly explains that it’s really hard to get anything done
on a Sunday in Zion. Ralph is frustrated and annoyed when he finds that the gas
station is closed on Sunday and he can’t get his car repaired. He can’t stand Zion
and wants to get on to his important business, yet he’s stuck there. Irritated,
he refuses to eat Sunday dinner with Parlfix and his family. He refuses to sit
in the front porch and relax. Finally he loses it completely and screams out, “Everybody
in Zion is living in another world!” (This was true).
After
giving up hope of his car being repaired, he resigns himself to the front
porch, where he finds Parlfix and his wife strumming a guitar. Only then does
Ralph start to relax for the first time in a long time. He slowly begins to see
the people of Zion for who they are and what the true priorities in life should
be.
Eventually
Elvis the gas station guy, drives up in Ralph’s car and says that he had some
extra time on his hands and went ahead to fix the car. He didn’t even charge
for the work. Then Ralph realizes that the very things that had frustrated him
about the people of Zion are the values he needs in his life. Now he is sad to
leave.
How
often are we like Ralph, speeding through life? Sometimes we speed through life
and miss the most important things that give meaning to life. Unfortunately, it
sometimes takes a break down- of a career, relationship, academic or even a
life, to REFOCUS us on what’s really important. What’s really important to you
as a preacher, is it THE PURSE OR THE PEOPLE? What’s really important to you as
a father is it the well paid job or your family... You career woman, is it your
position that matters or the wonderful time with your family? THINK ON THIS!
STAY BLESSED.
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