THE poor little rat in the picture has three powerful enemies, the dog, the cat and the trap. The dog is too busy keeping the cat from making a meal of the rat to devour it.
All who believe in the Lord Jesus still find themselves very weak, and they have three strong enemies, the world, the flesh and the devil. It is like a fort with one enemy, the flesh, inside; and two outside, the world and the devil. Satan comes to us, and presents something of the world which the flesh likes very much, and unless we are on our guard, the door of the fort is opened, and we have been caught.
But, dear children, there is no excuse for our being caught, because the Lord Jesus conquered that great enemy of our souls when He died for us; and now we can always draw strength from Him to meet every temptation. In order to do this, we must have our minds set on Him, for that will keep the flesh in the place of being dead to the world.
ML-03/17/1935