The Devil's Trap

The other night I went over to my girlfriend's house for a time of food, fun, and fellowship with her nephews. As I went into the house, her dog, Deacon saw me and started growling at me. Jess went on in and I (being the stupid one) went over to the growling dog and pet it. The closer I got the more threatening the growls sounded. But guess what, I still went towards it. Stupid. I know. So I pet it once and the large dog lunged at me with fangs bared. I yelled, and ran into the house. I realized something that night. I was supposed to have my eyes, gaze on my girlfriend who was leading me into her house. Here is what I realized, the dog represented satan, my girlfriend represented Jesus. Jesus is the one person that we must keep our gaze on to follow Him all the days of our lives. However, satan is always there, lurking in the shadows trying to get us to come off that path. We know that when we see satan we know that it is not good, and that it will turn out negatively. But guess what. We are human. We still go see what satan has to offer us. In the most drastic of moments with satan, we realize why we SHOULD NOT have stepped off the path with Christ. I pray that you will ignore the growling, threatening satan in your life. All he cares about is getting you off your path of following Christ. Once he does that, he wants nothing more than to devour you and make you feel like a complete failure. Hold fast to Christ friends. DON'T STEP OFF THE PATH! I love all of you!