Spreading of the Net

[Guest messengerservant]

SPREADING OF THE NET

Proverbs 1:17

"Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird"

Allow me to speak freely here. The secret to catching a bird is to set a trap and using materials that will cause the bird to blindly walk in without knowing the danger all around him. As a kid growing up on the farm I remember once making a crude trap by using an old wooden apple box. It was simple yet deadly, however the key to my trap was not so much in the materials but the food. I put out the grain in such a way that the bird was enticed into its trap. The key was to know the nature of the bird and use any and all means to lure it forward. The rest was history.

When we lack discernment and wisdom and turn a deaf ear to sound doctrine and godly counsel we as the bird in my story runs with both feet to the net. Men lay snares daily to catch some one who is impulsive and lacking in understanding. If the truth was to be known our own hearts are our worst enemies. When we lack discernment and wisdom we are as the bird that sees not the trap being set. When the need of our heart is used against us and we follow after grain particles then it is only a matter of time before we find ourselves ensnared into a situation that will bring heartache and grief.

But it does not have to be that way. I know there are those on the Internet who invade community chat rooms and promise much in line of liberating freedom but yet they are mere tares among the wheat. They so identify by appearances that from all outward indications things look fine but in spiritual reality it is a carefully set trap. The key is to not be impulsive and reactionary but instead to know the Word and have Truth firmly in place as one

[traveller]

Amen Brother. I was very blessed reading this. This is truth.

Welcome to Worthyboards. I am your sister in Christ. Be blessed Brother.

[irishcowboy]

good post, true....

I use to just use an old bird cage and a piece of string attached to the slide up door and then bait with seed,

would catch upto 24 birds at a time....... and for java rice birds, pigeons, cardnals, and other seed eating birds, what is more tempting then a handful of mixed seed, a smorgasborg so to speak......

satan knows what we like, satan knows where we struggle, and knows what bait to use for each of us,

mike

[hazel]

Amen!