Beautiful Little Octopus

Oh so Deadly One....

I sat in Zoology class a while back, enjoying the lesson on Mollusks. Suddenly, a new slide popped up on the screen. Instead of a boring colored octopus, I saw a blue and yellow circled mollusk...it's beauty captivating me. My professor then commented, "But this is the one octopus you don't want to meet. He's very poisonous." Suddenly, it hit me...isn't that how sin is? It looks beautiful and tantalizing--tempting us to reach out and touch. We tend to think, "How could something so beautiful be harmful to me? It must be of God." Then Satan has us just where he wants us--believing that his decorated poison must be good. He knows he has us trapped. We reach out and grasp the sin because we are not founded enough in the Word to test it for the lie it actually is.
How careful we must be to, not just avoid the sin, but avoid being so unlearned in the Bible that we just assume something is good--when it's not. I don't know about you, but lately I've been struggling with indepth study of God's Word. I feel so "un-filled", always wishing for more time, fewer responsibilities, and more self-discipline to avoid those "self-arranged-distractions" so I can learn more and more at the feet of Jesus. I hope this inspires you to go glean from the field of God's Word. We need to be ready for those temptations...trust me, they will come. But God has equipped us with the mighty power of His Word as a defense against those "beautiful" octopi which tempt us. I love you, dear reader. Take heart and trust in Him. He is faithful.

Because He lives...

God's Gal Sarah

Blue-ringed octopus

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