THE DOGS were chasing the cat, as dogs love to do, and she jumped up on the donkey, believing she would be safe there. The dogs cannot reach her.
Whose friend do you think the donkey is? Will he help the dogs get the cat? No, I don’t think so. That hind leg is ready to kick, and the terrier knows well enough to keep his distance.
The cat has found a friend that is stronger than her pursuers — a friend willing and able to protect her. She is in a safe place.
Does not this picture make you think of another place of safety? It does me. Do you know of One who can protect you from harm, from enemies that are stronger than you and that would drag you down to ruin and death?
Jesus, the Son of God, wants to be your Protector from Satan and from judgment. He came into this world and died on the cross for sinners, so that you might have salvation.
“All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Rom. 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)), and no one will escape judgment who is not safe in Christ. And just as the cat in our picture is beyond the reach of those rascally pups, so is the sinner who has fled to Jesus for refuge far beyond the reach of death and judgment. Are you safe from “the wrath to come"?
ML-03/28/1976