God seems to show me many life lessons from nature. I think that's the main reason I love being outside, or at least watching life outside my window. Yesterday, while I was eating breakfast, I seen a huge bird with a wing span of at least 12 feet swoop down and grab a very large squirrel on a top branch.
The Hawks talons pierced into the squirrels back close to his head. As the fight progressed I watched in amazement. The bird couldn't get a good grip on the squirrel, so he kept pecking and grabbing farther away from the squirrels head. Finally, his powerful talons went deep into the fat of the squirrels back. Just when I was sure the fight was over, the squirrel turned around and bit the birds leg. In shear pain the hawk released, the squirrel. Needless to say the squirrel didn't wait for the next attack. Likewise, the hawk didn't wait for another piercing bite, before he flew off.
I have no doubt those talons and piercing pecks must have hurt the squirrel , but he kept on fighting. He scurried down the tree and shot thick into the woods for cover. There was so much to learn in that scenario.
"Be self controlled, and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)
Just like that hawk, Satan will put his talons in you.He will try to kill you, or worse than death, he will try to pull you away from God. It is so easy to be tempted and swayed away from God, and His ways. Never be fooled believer, Satan will wait for the advantage of your weakness to take you down.
There are reoccurring themes from beginning to end in the Bible; write them on your heart. The main theme God continues repeating is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. The second theme is that we learn His ways and walk in them. God wants nothing less than first place in our lives.
"Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods of the people around you. For the Lord your God, who is among you is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land."
Deuteronomy 6:13-15 (NIV)
... "Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight, so that it may go well with you and that you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers"
Deuteronomy 6:18 (NIV)
God was talking to the Israelites in this passage, but aren't we all God's children? As Believers, we belong to God the father, through Jesus the Son. The best way I know to stay close to God the Father is through reading and applying His word daily to my life, seeking him in prayer and constantly listening and doing what He asks. Satan still tries to attack me physically and spiritually, but when I'm armoured with God's word and hiding in my Savior, I will survive his attacks, even in physical death, I belong to God my Father. When I am absent from my body; I will be present with my Lord! :)
If Christ is for us , who can be against us? No in all these things we are more than conquers!
"You need to preserve so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. " Hebrews 10 : 36 (NIV)
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