I guess that little grey kitten, now a half-grown cat, now stays at our front door waiting to be petted and for food, but there is one problem.
He likes to catch and kill little birds. Normally that would not be a problem, but I like to put out birdseed in front of the house and watch the different birds eating them.
I have watched that cat so many times as he quietly sneaks upon unsuspecting birds and catches them. Sometimes he will lie down nearby and act like he is not paying attention to them, and then it's too late for little birdie.
That cat reminds me of something in the Bible.
It says we have an enemy or adversary, and he wants to destroy us.
John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 17:15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
He prowls around trying to find ways to trap us.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
He may start out by getting us hooked on drugs, alcohol or sex, and many times he uses false religions or false gods to ensnare us.
1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
2 Timothy 2:24-26 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
It could be pleasures, wealth or fame, anything to keep us from drawing near to God and knowing Him.
He just wants to keep us ensnared till our life on earth runs out, and then it is too late.
John 10:10: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. Then we are headed for eternal separation from God.
John 3:16-20 “For God so loved the world,[a] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed."
That is just what Satan wants!
See you in Church next Sunday.