What do the Crows Know Anyway?

Hebrews 13:5-6 Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with at you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” so that we confidently say, “The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid. What shall man do to me?”

There is an old Persian fable of a hen, a mouse, and a rabbit who lived together in a little house in the woods. They shared all the work and lived in harmony. The chicken found the firewood, the mouse brought the water from a nearby brook, and the rabbit cooked the meals. Each did his work faithfully and contentedly.

One day, while the hen was out in the forest looking for wood, a nosy crow approached her and asked what she was doing. When he heard, the crow began caw, "That’s not fair! You’re doing the hardest part of the work! That rabbit and mouse are taking advantage of you!

The chicken continued about her work, but try as she would, she could not stop thinking about what the crow said. These feelings festered and festered, and by the time she got home, she was so upset that she burst out in tears, screaming, "It’s not fair! I do the hardest work of the three of us! That’s it! I’m not going to gather this heavy firewood anymore!"

Discontent spreads, as you know, and immediately the rabbit and mouse also began to argue that they had been doing the hardest work and that they were not going to do their jobs anymore either. The three argued until they were tired and finally decided to switch jobs – from now on the rabbit would gather the firewood, the hen would bring the water and the mouse would cook.

As the rabbit hopped into the forest for wood, a fox trailed him, caught him, and ate him. The chicken put the pail into the creek, but the current pulled the pail down under and the chicken with it. The mouse, while sitting on the edge of the big pot of soup, lost his balance and fell in.

Discontentment not only destroyed their happiness but their very lives.

There will always be ‘crows’ in our lives and they usually make a lot of noise. Crows are great communicators in the bird world. They can even imitate other birds. “Crows” come in all forms, but for the sake of this writing, crows are the loud obnoxious thoughts and/or people that tell us we are being cheated, life isn’t fair, we deserve better, we’re not good enough, the list goes on. You’ve heard those comments, felt the sting of inadequacy, the pain of injustice, the fear of not having enough or confusion over what to do to and how to proceed. We’ve all heard the crows screeching out words of strife and discontentment and stirring the pot of discord.

The fact is, we all have a job here the Lord has called us to do. No job is greater than the next — no person is greater than the next, no matter what those crows might tell you. We are all working for the same King and we can worship Him even while gathering firewood, if that's what He's called us to do! He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,” Sweet words of encouragement such as this reassure us we are not alone! Contentment cannot be found in position, possessions or popularity. Contentment comes from knowing, regardless of circumstance, the Lord God Himself is watching over you. He said so and we can, with confidence, turn a deaf ear to all the crows out there. His voice alone is all we need.