There's an old legend about a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old shotgun and three shells. So, he decided that he would go out hunting and kill something to eat for dinner.
As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit and he shot at the rabbit and missed it. Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and missed it. As he went further, he saw a wild turkey in the tree and he had only one bullet left, but a voice came to him and said "Pray first, aim high and stay focused."
However, at the same time, he saw a deer, which was a better kill. He brought the gun down and aimed at the deer. But then he saw a rattlesnake between his legs about to bite him, so he naturally brought the gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake. Still, the voice said to him, "Pray, aim high and stay focused.'"
So, the man decided to follow the voice. He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot the wild turkey. The bullet bounced off the turkey and killed the deer. The handle fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and killed it. And when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into a pond of water.
When he got up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets, a dead deer and a turkey to eat for his family. The snake was dead simply because the man listened to God:
Pray first, Aim High and Stay Focused.
The Moral to the Story:
Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high at your goals, and stay focused on God and His will for your life and He will meet your needs.
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