No doubt some of our readers have, gone out with fishermen at night, and know how they do. They sail away out into deep water, and after the sun is set they let out their lines, or put out nets.
When setting lines, they drop a large cork attached to one end of the line, and then sail away slowly letting out the line, and putting out the large cork attached to the other end. They leave the line for the night, and as dawn comes in the morning, they begin to pull it in, and take the fish off the hooks.
The fish do not notice the hooks, but only the bait, and so they are caught. So with nets, they get their heads through and cannot pull back.
This is a good illustration of how Satan does with us, He spreads his nets to catch. us into something that is wrong, but if we walk according to the light of God’s Word, we shall not he caught, for that Word will show us God’s path., and give us true wisdom, and “wisdom’s ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”
Let us take heed to God’s Word, and learn from it what is true wisdom. Let us begin by taking Christ as our Saviour, and then seek to please Him in all our ways. Without this, we shall be sure to be caught in Satan’s nets, and prove the foolishness of our hearts.
ML 09/20/1942