This morning as I sat meditating on my chair in the garage, I looked over toward the wall and saw something struggling frantically. I got up and walked closer to see what was happening. It was a beetle trapped in a spider’s web–fighting with everything it had to free itself from its bonds. I immediately thought of my own life: how we become trapped by our way of living. Satan’s snares are webbed at every corner, waiting to entrap us any way possible through our thoughts, our actions, our choices.
I grabbed an old coat hanger and began to free this beetle from its bonds of imminent death.
At first, it laid still. Then it began to move.
To my uttermost shock, the beetle started back toward the same web I had just freed it from!
As it got closer, the spider ran out to meet it and began to spin another web around it. I freed it again. It was at that moment, the Master’s words began to flow through my mind: “I have freed you from the jaws of death, hell and the grave. You are thankful for a little while, then you begin to move right back in the direction of defeat–just as a dog returns to its vomit. I have mercy when you call, and I free you again to do My will, My work, to give you life, joy and peace…”
It was after this flood of Truth that it hit me: Are we really grateful for the sacrifice He made for us? Are we seeking to be Spirit led? Or are we rambling onward in our own ways?
Today I say: Lord, Master, King, Savior, Baptizer, Healer, come into my heart and free me one more time from Satan’s snares and help me to follow in Your footsteps. Forgive me of all my sins, wash me in Your Blood. Fill me with Your divine Holy Spirit and never leave me nor forsake me–for I am totally dependent upon Your mercies, Your love, and Your strength! May I ever keep my eyes and mind focused on You and the cross. Thank You for accepting me this day!
(excerpted from a relative’s journal dated August, 1997)
