Go! Go! GO!

Or, maybe not. Take a look at 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5, where Paul notes of his (and his friends') desire to visit the church at Thessalonica, and how Satan hindered them from going--and then finally (3:1), they thought it good "to be left in Athens alone", and send Timothy instead.

Now certainly Paul wasn't sitting on the couch there drinking Bug Light and eating Doritos, trying to qualify for Rome's WIC program. He'd be praying, visiting the synagogue or forum to witness to Christ, writing to other churches, and so on.

Still, it catches my eye that he "thought it good" to be left in Athens; he didn't think so highly of himself as to think that he was the only one who could do the job. Maybe more of us need that outlook on life.

On another note, it seems that as soon as I post on remarkable moral hazard, another great example comes up. By subsidizing stadiums, we create the incentive to become a 300lb + defensive tackle who cannot run the length of a football field without requiring oxygen and an IV drip for the remainder of the first half of play.

And people wonder why the mean age of death for NFL players is something like 56.