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CHASING RABBITS Ephesians 4:22 Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. I still remember going to the dentist as a child, watching the old dental drill with numerous extension arms, numerous little pulleys and a very long continuous steel cable running over the full length and around the end of the drill, supplying the drill with its ability to turn the drill attachments. On that long little cable the dentist had fastened a tiny cotton ball to imitate a rabbit. As he used the drill; which ran very slow and vibrated with a grinding noise, he would say “watch the rabbit run”. Sorry to tell you, it didn’t help much! All you could conclude was that chasing this rabbit would get you nowhere, other than running in a lopsided circle. Today’s version of the dentist drill has hidden from view the elusive rabbit, but has succeeded in distracting the noise with music. And now new technology that makes an exact opposite sound wave to negate the sound altogether. When you think about chasing rabbits in our Christian walk, you may think of wanting to be more spiritual, reading the bible more, praying more, seeking good biblical advice and on the list goes. We want to live and demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit in our daily life. Therein lays our problem, the chase, the ever-elusive chase, when Satan lays down so many false rabbit trails. These can be the elusive rabbits of jobs, friends, material things, all leading to very little true happiness only succeeding to control our lives. But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:3) Our faith journey must be about chasing the right things, the things God means for us to chase after, that are different for each of our lives as God has planned for us. If the rabbit you are chasing is only producing pure drudgery, it could very well be a wrong rabbit. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. (Matthew 13:19) Stop chasing the rabbit and re-focus on chasing the giver of life. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11) We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. (Romans 6:4-5) Yours in Christ, Rev. Jerry Schmid
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