Preposterously Impossible Hypothesis #4: “Two heads are better than one."

Sure this saying has its foundation—like most of the others I’ve been going on about—in some semblance of truth. Basically it just means that it’s good to seek advice or collaborate on ideas to get a fuller picture or better perspective on a given situation. Who could really argue with such an implementation of this tiny tidbit of truth? What about in other aspects of your life?

Do you remember the early 90’s TV show “Hercules and His Legendary Journeys” starring Kevin Sorbo? I remember it well as it was one of my favorites. I distinctly remember the episode where Herc first encounters the mythic Hydra, a multi-headed beast which could only be defeated by lopping off a head and burning the stump. Gruesome! But what happened the first time he decapitated the scaly fiend? He jumped in, chopped off a head, and, sans fire, two grew back in its place.

I can’t think of the saying “Two heads are better than one” and not instinctively come back to the imagery of mighty Hercules battling the Hydra. You might not cling to this particular imagery as an allegorical representation for this old saying, but for me it keeps coming back to Herc vs Hydra. Why?

Paul writing to the church at Ephesus said, “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”

We were never designed to derive our sense of purpose from any source outside Christ himself. Our sole source of service and satisfaction is in Christ alone. He is the Head of this glorious body we are grafted into by the sacrificial outpouring of His blood at Calvary.

How do you make your decisions about life? What thought process do you go through to reach a conclusion on moral matters? What are you investing your time, life, property, and passion in?

Christ as the head wants it to be Him. He wants nothing less than everything from all of us. Jesus himself said, “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

I hope you will continue to make Him your Master. It is not merely a one time choice, but an every day decision to relinquish control to the good things found in His grace.

Somebody a lot smarter than me once said, “Anything with two heads is a monster.”