Jake the dog and Snowflake the cat live on a small farm. Jake lives in a nice, warm dog house. His duty is to bark or give warning to his master when strangers come near the house. Snowflake, who is pure white, lives in the barn in a nice nest of straw up in the rafters. Her duty is to keep out the mice who like to eat the covering on electric wires in the barn which could then cause a fire.
Jake and Snowflake do not get along together at all. They both live outside winter and summer, so they know each others’ habits.
One day the barn door was left open while Snowflake was down on the barn floor. Jake spotted her! That could only mean trouble! Snowflake knows it’s dangerous to come down during the day, because Jake is always loose.
Boys and girls, this reminds us of Satan. The Bible warns us in 1 Peter 5:88Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8) to be very careful and watchful because our enemy Satan, or the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to destroy. The verse reads like this: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”
Jake made a dash for Snowflake, but Snowflake spotted a ladder that was leaning against the wall of the barn, and she made a run for it. Whew! she just made it! Cats are not noted for climbing ladders, but Snowflake sure learned in a hurry that day. As she started to climb, Jake leaped up at her and just missed her tail.
When Snowflake got to the top of the ladder, she jumped over to her nest and looked down at Jake and gave a long meeeeoooow. Jake looked up at her and growled as if to say, “I’ll get you the next time!”
Boys and girls, the Lord Jesus Christ is a ladder to heaven for you and me! Satan would love to have us, but Christ has made the way to heaven for us through His own precious blood. “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold . . . but with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18-1918Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: (1 Peter 1:18‑19)).
Will you trust Him today?
ML-08/23/1998