Yesterday morning I went for a run and was on the last couple of miles when, well, something happened to me that I am REALLY glad wasn’t caught on camera!
I was in stride, had my ipod blaring and was enjoying the breeze while running up a hill. I happened to look down and my left foot was about to come down right on top of a snake.
(News flash…I hate snakes…they are freakin scary! In the Bible they are associated with satan so I think I have Biblical grounds to despise them!!!)
I screamed…out loud…like a girl! AND…I jumped up and down for a second before gaining composure. (I hate snakes as much as I hate spiders!) This thing had just about scared the crap out of me and made me look foolish…and I may have said something I needed to ask forgiveness for…
AND…I felt REALLY stupid when I discovered that it was dead! (This seriously would have made an excellent youtube video!)
As I continued my run I began thinking, “that’s the way that we, as Christians, respond to satan at times. He’s basically a ‘dead snake’ that has been robbed of the power he once had…and yet we choose to scream and dance around him because we perceive he can destroy us.”
I know this is true for me…I allow “a dead snake” to control me at times through fear of man, fear of uncertainty and fear of being disliked. (All of which come from the enemy!)
YET…the Bible tells me that The Most High God has put HIS Holy Spirit inside of me and has empowered me to live a life of victory! (Ephesians 1:13-14, II Peter 1:3, I Corinthians 15:55-57)
If we would spend more time focusing on who Jesus is and what He has done (I Corinthians 15:3-6) rather than fearing the one who will one day be ultimately destroyed (Revelation 20:10) I believe we, as followers of Jesus, would become unstoppable.
God’s Word is clear that no weapon formed against us will prevail. (Isaiah 54:17) However, I know my problem many times has been I fear the one who has been stripped of his power rather than the One who holds ALL power.
I am not sure who this post was written for…my guess is for me because it is SO tempting to allow the enemy to cause me to fear at times; however, Scripture says in I John 4:4 that the One who is in us is GREATER than the one who is in the world.
Let’s keep fixing our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:1-2) and stop letting “a dead snake” control what we think and how we act!