Episode
3: Requiem for a Lightweight
Hawkeye: What does mean mean, mean means nothing. It’s skill that counts. Big and mean has nothing to do with fighting ability.
Trapper gets conned into competing in an inter-camp boxing match as a favour to Henry Blake, to win back a nurse who is being transferred out. When the boxer from the opposing camp arrives the 4077 doctors are intimidated by his size and reputation.
As leaders we are
often confronted by various forms of opposition that can seem overwhelming and
intimidating at first appearances. One
doesn’t have to stand in a boxing ring to feel like you are going a couple of
rounds with a sparring partner. The kinds
of fights confronting leaders are usually in the form of criticism, conflicting
agendas, personality clashes, or unrealistic expectations. These battles that seem so overwhelming at
first can be right sized when given a bit of perspective: “The battle is the Lord’s” (1 Sam 17:47), “Not
by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit” (Zech 4:6), “For our struggle is not
against flesh and blood” (Eph 6:12). As
a Christian leader I have the knowledge that the battle is not mine and that
God’s wisdom and strength empowers me to overcome!
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