WHAT is the little boy in the picture thinking about? There is his dish of breakfast on the table in front of him, and a fly on his plump little arm. I think he has forgotten about his breakfast as he watches so earnestly this little visitor. It is interesting to him to watch those six little feet moving along so lightly and easily, and the pretty, thin wings that carry him so swiftly through the air.
But he will grow tired after awhile. Perhaps he will say “Shoo! fly,” and then go on with his breakfast.
We are often interrupted one way and another when we are eating the food for our bodies. Do you think that intruders ever come along when we are feasting on the food that God gives us for our souls? Do you know what that food is? Yes, it is the Bible, God’s precious word. And Satan likes to get us away from our spiritual food and give us something else, like the little fly, to think about. He does not want us to be thinking about the Lord Jesus and feasting on Him. So he fills our minds with other things whenever he can.
He often comes to us with very pleasant, attractive things, for he is wise and knows how to please people.
But he cannot offer us anything as good as the love of Jesus. So let each of us ask God to help us to turn away from all the temptations and allurements of Satan and feed continually on Christ Himself.
He says:
ML 10/04/1903