This morning, on the news, I watched a report about a couple of coyotes roaming Grosse Pointe Woods. The story would normally not concern me, but some pets were found killed by the coyotes and I would be devastated to find my pets killed by coyotes. Searching for protective measures, I discovered a set of pictures on the internet featuring the results of a solution found to a similar problem. Thinking coyotes were to blame for some missing neighborhood dogs; a group of people installed a large electric fence around their property. One man, supposedly the one sending the e-mail containing these pictures, heard his wife screaming and ran outside to see the source of her terror. What he saw, forever immortalized as an internet urban legend through photographs, was a giant python with its mouth around the wires of the electric fence. Angered by the initial shock, the python had bit the wires, killing itself in the process.
When we give our lives to God, we put up barriers that protect us from sin. We avoid situations and people that might influence us to defy God’s will for our lives. Hebrews 12 tells us that we should fix our eyes on Jesus, and throw off sin. Instead, like the python, we test our limits and eventually attack them. This often leads to our downfall. Remember that Satan roams outside of our barricade, like a python or coyote. If we leave the safety of our creator, we will be snatched up by Satan. Endure the world as Christ did.
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