Caught!

From: Messages of God's Love: 1970

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

Our God... is able to deliver. Dan. 3:17¹⁷If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. (Daniel 3:17)

Poor little Rusty, the red squirrel, is a prisoner. He got too bold and self-confident, and the keeper caught him in his net. But the keeper is a kind-hearted man, and his boy will take Rusty to a forest down the road, where he will be free once more.

Self-confidence is PRIDE, so often seen in boys and girls, and older people too. God hates pride. “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Prov. 16:18¹⁸Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18).

The Lord Jesus was the humblest man that ever trod this earth. If we walked more with Him we would be humbler too, like Him.

He shall pluck my feet out of the net. Psalm 25:15¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. (Psalm 25:15)

ML-07/12/1970

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