Beware of Little Foxes


Anchor Scripture: “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: . . . .” – SOS 2: 15

Admonition
A fox, by nature is an animal, of the dog family and very cunning. It walks about stealthily and often strikes and catches its prey unawares, most of the times. It is a very quick and clever animal, and often, deceives its prey to catch it. When they are young (little), they appear harmless, but in actual fact, could destroy whole farmland. The story of how Samson caught three hundred foxes and used them to destroy the Philistines’ farmland (Judges 15: 1 – 5) will tell us the havoc foxes, little as they are, could wreck if not quickly taken care of.

Foxes are being used here metaphorically. In spiritual parlance, foxes mean “little, little sins”, of which one may not really be aware, or which one may want to or sometimes count as inconsequential, especially, when they don’t curry immediate punishment from God. Examples of these are lies, pilfering (little, little stealing, maybe at work or at home), sinful text messages or messages on social media, fornication, pornography, caressing the opposite sex, backbiting, secret hatred for another person, sinful thoughts, and a host of other “little, little sins”, most of which we do, especially when we are alone on our own or alone with the sin partner.

"foxes mean “little, little sins”, of which one may not really be aware, or which one may want to or sometimes count as inconsequential"

The wise man, Solomon, in our anchor scripture today says, the little foxes spoil the vine. In John 15: 1 – 2, Jesus Christ declared himself as the Vine, and we, the branches that make up the vine. And He warned against us, the branches, not producing fruits. Now the foxes could climb a tree and destroy the fruits.  That is exactly what the “little, little sins” do to us as children of God. They destroy our ability to be functional for God, and thereby render us useless in the Vine.

As a matter of fact, every soul who wishes to FINISH STRONG in the Lord must do what the wise man says today: take the little foxes (and killing them). Two major ways to take the little foxes are to: (1) abstain from all appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5: 22), and (2) Renewing your mind (with the Word of God (Romans 12: 1- 2; Psalm 119: 11)

Till tomorrow when we shall meet again on this beautiful journey of FINISHING STRONG together, keep keeping on in Him!

For inquiries and questions, please call: 07064694037 or send a mail to bwgospelministries@yahoo.com

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

AVOID CONDEMNATION: Walk in the Spirit

Anchor Scripture: Romans 8: 1 “ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”  Focus Scripture: “ This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ” –Galatians 5: 16 Scripture References: John 3: 1 – 8, 16 - 19; Romans 1: 18 – 32, 1 – 14; Galatians 5: 16 – 26; 1 John 2: 15 - 17 Admonition Greetings from the Throne of Grace! Yesterday, the Holy Spirit of God admonished us to watch the companies we keep because our association with them could make us do things that are contrary to the Kingdom’s choice. And an example was given of Jehoshaphat. May God help us in Jesus name, amen. Today, we are being told to “Walk in the Spirit”. The Holy Spirit was given to us as Guardian to help and keep us in and on the way to the Kingdom. The Holy Spirit is a teacher, meant to teach us right from wrong and He helps us in making the right choices. Most of...
Read more

AVOID CONDEMNATION: Stop Impersonating

Anchor Scripture: Romans 8: 1 “ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”  Focus Scripture: “ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness .” – Romans 1: 18 Scripture References: Matthew 7: 21 - 23; John 1: 12 – 13, 3: 1 - 7; Acts 19: 1 – 6, 11 – 20; Romans 1: 18 – 32; 2 Corinthians 13: 4 - 10 Admonition Greetings from the Throne of Grace! Our God is good and gracious towards us in that He has hidden nothing about Himself from us. Everything we need to know about Him; Who He is, what He did in the past, what He plans to do in the future, how He thinks, His dispositions to various issues and so on, He has revealed to us in His Word, the Holy Bible, and we know His Word is TRUE. The Holy Spirit mentioned on Wednesday that many Christians live on the assumption that they are born-ag...
Read more

BEWARE OF BALAAM'S DOCTRINE

Anchor Scripture: “. . . Verily when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.” – 1 Corinthians 9: 18 Scripture References: Numbers 22: 1 – 7; 1 Corinthians 9: 1 –27; Matthew 10: 7 - 8 The Balaam’s doctrine is it that encourages children of God to do the work of God for carnal rewards. And the children of God caught up in the web of Balaam’s doctrine are those who preach the Gospel of Christ for one reward or the other. Such “servants of God” use a lot of scriptures to spiritualize and legalize their collections of material and carnal rewards from the congregation. However, we thank God for servants of God like Apostle Paul, who really followed the teachings of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in that he refused to abuse the authority he had over his congregations by which he could have become rich and wealthy as many of our ministers today, for Jesus Christ commanded in Matthew 10: 7 - 8 thus: “ And as ye go, pre...
Read more