The Texas Army National Guard has a group of special workers called riggers. Their job is to fold and pack the parachutes that soldiers use when jumping from an airplane at 5,000 feet. These people are intensely dedicated to their task. The Rigger's Creed states, "I will be sure--always!" They know that jumpers need assurance that everything regarding their chutes is perfect. Thirty folds are required in the twenty minutes it takes to meticulously pack an MC1-1 military parachute. A jumper has nothing to do with the chute until they put it on before a jump. Trust in the error-free performance of the riggers is all a jumper has to rely on.
The Rigger's Creed further states: "I will never let the idea that a piece of work is 'good enough' make me a potential murderer through a careless mistake or oversight, for I know there can be no compromise with perfection."...
...Do we approach our kingdom responsibilities with equal fervor? Do we realize that connecting people to community is a life-or-death enterprise?...
...Let's make the ask, take the risk, and extend the hand. Let's do all we can on our side of heaven to make community possible for those on the outside looking in. Let's be sure everyone in our sphere of influence gets the opportunity to hear Christ's claims and connect to his community. Let's be sure always.
We strive for a perfection that we will not reach. But to realize what is at stake--what can be won or lost in the difference between that strive for perfection in our relationship to the Father and stale complacency in life--should hopefully make us work harder to reach that extra few inches towards it.
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