Game of Cat and Mouse
Today on my walk, I spotted Miss Kitty in the field with her paw on a mouse’s tail. She’d slowly lift her paw, giving the poor mouse hope of freedom, only to quickly pounce on it as it tried to escape and hide.
This went on for a bit, until finally just like Tom & Jerry, our farm pup entered the game and the mouse was free at last.
As I watched, I could relate to this game of cat and mouse, because is this not the same game Satan plays with us? His constant pursuit through the flesh, his near captures through emotions, and our repeated escapes.
He has pursued me through seasons of fornication, addiction, adultery, emotional & physical abuse, suicidal thoughts, depression and divorces...in these pursuits he has nearly captured me through my emotions as I sought escape.
My emotions (shame, guilt, fear, embarrassment, stress, overwhelmed, confused, hatred, bitterness) much like the mouse’s tail were all used for Satan to keep his paw on me. It’s these deadly emotions that make it hard to live in freedom...instead they encourage us to run just far enough to hide.
Are you in a season where Satan has your tail?
God says...no more escaping just far enough to hide—it’s time to chase after freedom. Just like the farm pup showed up on the scene, God has done the same for us! With the help of the Holy Spirit, freedom is possible because of Jesus.
Remember it’s the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead that lives in us to give us true life and freedom from sin and death.
“So if the Son makes you free, then you will be truly free.”
John 8:36 ICB
“The Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
2 Corinthians 3:17 ICB
Ps...I choose not to play this cat and mouse game with Satan anymore—I choose freedom.
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