Once a gentleman who was going through the woods, saw a wild pigeon standing very erect and motionless on a branch. He was amazed that when he drew near it did not attempt to fly away. Though he made a noise, it did not turn its head, but remained rigid.
Then, when he came closer, he discovered with a start the cause. Quirvering above the leaves of the opposite branch was the head of a cobra, its cruel steely glance fixed on its victim on whom it was about to strike. With a swift blow of his cane the gentleman killed the snake, but even then the bird seemed dazed, frozen with fear. Only by degrees did it get back the power of its limbs and throw off that fatal fascination.
So it is with sin. It binds us with chains that no man, not even the stronst, can break. But there is “good news” in God’s Word, for there we find that there is One, a God-Man, Who has broken sin’s deadly power.
Jesus is His name. He received the Serpent’s deadly sting for us, dying for our sins on the cross, and thus broke the power of Satan over us. Now the believer is set free and can go happily on his way to glory.
“Kept by the power of God through faith.” 1 Peter 1:55.
ML 12/02/1945