Little Foxes

Sometimes I am so very clumsy, I can trip over my two left feet!  Recently as I was traveling through an airport, I literally stumbled about 20 times catching the toe of my trainer on the floor and tripping forward.  To say I was irritated with myself is an understatement.  How can one possibly trip over nothing!  Well, I certainly can!!  I didn’t fall on my face, but it was close.  𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹.

It reminded me of the story of the Mountain Pine Beetle, a teeny tiny beetle about the size of a grain of rice, that began to eat away at the beautiful pine trees in Colorado.  This tiny little black beetle could kill a massive pine tree in just a year which in turn would increase the incidences of wildfires.  𝗔 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲!

Song of Solomon 2:15 says; “𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔— 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎!”  Little foxes.  They look so cute with their fluffy white tails but will destroy the vineyard digging up the roots and causing the vine to die.  When the writer tells us to ‘catch the foxes’ he means, Don’t delay! Do this now! Do this effectively!  Whatever is destroying your relationship with Jesus or with others, take a firm hold of it and stop it.

Little foxes like teeny beetles can look harmless but can-do great damage.  Those foxes of mistrust, pride, jealousy, unforgiveness, complaining, inattention to God’s Word or prayer will quickly devastate and eat away at the root of our lives.  Let’s be on our guard and catch those little foxes quickly and effectively before any damage is done!