The Web
How can something so amazing, with such intricate detail
intentionally be designed to entrap and destroy? The web is sticky and the openings small so
as to immobilize insects. I saw a web
intertwined among the tree branches outside my office window. The web was empty, moving ever so slightly
with the blowing wind. It looked
harmless. What I could not see was the
master weaver, the spider who spun the web.
The spider’s intent is to devour its prey. It may have been out of sight at the time but
at just the right moment, the spider would pounce on the entangled insect
caught in the web. You would think by now,
insects would beware of webs.
Mark 4:18-19
18 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the
word, 19 and the cares of this world, the
deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the
word, and it becomes unfruitful.
The thorns of the world are in
some ways like the spider web. We can
become consumed by this world’s riches, our daily responsibilities to family and
work obligations. These things are not
bad in and of themselves but the one who spins the web can use them to choke
the word God has instilled in us. Just
like the spider, Satan will use the concerns of life to stifle our spiritual
growth, strangle our ministry and suffocate the desire to do God’s will. Satan sets the trap then disappears into the
background. We must be aware and “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. (I Peter
5:8). Spiders are still spinning webs
because it works and Satan is still setting traps. Pray for discernment that you may be able to
recognize Satan’s deceitful web and avoid the trap.
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