I guess the old saying “Truth is stranger than fiction” is really true. You couldn’t make some of this stuff up. Here’s an example, straight off the list of weird news for the day. The headline reads:” Man Rescued After Chasing Goose Into River”. Here’s the story–
A man in Wausau, Wis. was chasing a one-legged goose when he jumped into the frigid water of the Wisconsin River.I kid you not! The 40 year old man said he wanted “to catch the bird and roast it”, so he took off his shirt and shoes and took the plunge. Being overcome by the cold water he had to be rescued by firefighters. Then he was arrested on an outstanding warrant. The article ended with these words–“the goose is still on the loose!”
Now, as crazy as this sounds, there are many folks doing things even worse. They spend their life in pursuit of frivolous things and put themselves in harms way as a result. Their “goose” is pleasure, profit, power, popularity, etc., whatever they envision as bringing them delight. They plunge head-long into the chase without any regard of the danger. The thing they are pursuing might be well and good, in and of itself,(a lot of folks like roasted goose), but the pursuit itself is dangerous.
Many are distracted by their delights to the point that they neglect the most important things in life. They exhaust themselves, expending all their time and energy on things that are of no eternal value. A limited amount of recreation is fine and dandy, but not when it leads us into the deep water of danger. The Bible tells us to “seek those things which are above—Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”(Col. 3:1-2). Don’t waste your life on “a wild goose chase”. Think about it!
