Whispers

Wow!  I can't believe it's been nearly a week since I posted my last blog!  I am happy to say school has begun and all the extra time I spent there helping get the rooms ready was well worth my time.  We have wonderful children again this year.  Please be in prayer for us and our students.  May God richly bless you!  I hope you enjoy my blog!

“He is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.”  2 Samuel 23:4

While sitting at my kitchen table, I noticed a bird outside my window.  It was chasing a grasshopper.  The grasshopper jumped and tried to get away, but the bird quickly flew over to where it landed, took it in its beak and shook it.  The grasshopper in turn freed itself and hopped off to another spot.  The bird didn’t let it get away and kept following after it.  He took it in its beak and shook it again.  This cycle repeated itself until finally the grasshopper stopped jumping.  With one final shake, the bird pecked the grasshopper until it had a beak full.  The bird then flew off to enjoy its tasty snack.

Wanting to run outside and shew the bird away from the grasshopper I quickly came to my senses remembering that this is how nature works.   I couldn’t help but compare this example to Christians and the Enemy.  Unfortunately, the Enemy knows our weaknesses and loves to tempt us in those areas.  We try to get away, but, like the bird, he is always on our heels pecking at us and trying to get us to give in. 

I remember in 1975, Linda Ronstadt had a #1 hit called, You’re No Good.   There are times when we do give in to the temptations of the devil, and that’s when he whispers in our ears.  “You’re No Good, You’re No Good, You’re No Good!”  1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”  

You can rest assured that the Enemy will try to tell us we’re no good.  Instead of listening to him, let’s listen to Lord as He reminds us that we are His.  Psalm 16:8 says, “I have set the LORD always before me.  Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”  

This week don’t listen to the Enemy when he whispers “You’re No Good!” in your ear.