Prairie dogs are little animals that live out on the desert and western prairies. They have little tails and short ears and can move quickly.
They build little mounds in which they have their homes, and often you will see many mounds together in one area, for prairie dogs like to live close to one another.
We as Christians, who love the Lord Jesus, should be like them in this respect, for we need one another’s fellowship. Scripture tells us not to forsake “the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is.” (Heb. 10:25.)
Prairie dogs will dig a hole five feet deep in the sand and make a large underground living room where they live and keep their babies.
They like to sit on top of their mounds, for up there they can see all that’s going on. If danger approaches—perhaps a coyote, or a hawk—they make a sharp little cry and then they all dive for safety.
We, too, should be on the lookout for danger. It might be in the form of temptation to do wrong, for Satan is very busy. Our natural hearts love the things of this world, so it is easy to fall into sin. The Lord Jesus is the only safe refuge. If we trust Him as our Saviour, He will keep us safe. May we learn to flee to Him when danger, trial or temptation appear.
David said: “In God is my salvation and my glory: the Rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in Him at all times.” Psa. 62:7, 8.
ML-09/05/1976