Not Yet
Today’s Passage – Isaiah 64 – 66
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall bethe serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. (Isaiah 65:25)
There is coming soon a wonderful period of time when Christ shall rule and reign on the earth; and there will be complete peace and harmony among all of the inhabitants of the earth including the animals. This Book of Isaiah speaks much about this future time where we will not have to fear lions, wolves, snakes, or each other. However that time is “not yet” Right now, we still live on an earth that is plagued with sin of the worst kind. Every creature on earth seems to be out for itself. Animals will do whatever is necessary to survive, and so will man; often at the expense of others.
There are a lot of wolves out there today and we’d better beware of them. They want to come into our homes, and into our churches. They will often disguise themselves as sheep in order to infiltrate the flock and destroy it from within. These wolves may try to pray on the innocence of our children; they may try to bring in false doctrine; or they may try to cause us to stray away from the will of the Shepherd. We need to be sober and vigilant to anything or anybody that will try to move us away from the will of God.
I can’t wait for the Millennium; but for now, if I see a wolf, I am not going to pet it or play with it; I am going to do my best to get rid of it.
Posted in Devotions by Phil Erickson with 1 comment.
I wounder how many people have castrated other people from the flock because they feared them as wolves, because of their ignorance and judgemental unlove. Stop looking to be the best in comparasion to man and try to be the best in comparision to God. The one-up game ain’t happening in heaven. Remember the last shall be first and the first shall be last. So if your on-top today you just may end up last and on the bottom. Watch your pride lest ye fall!!!