HERE is a pretty rabbit, soft and furry. He has long ears so that he can hear the faintest sound. He has bright little beady eyes so that he can see in front at him and behind him at the same time, and his strong hind legs can take a long jump out of danger at a moment’s notice. God has fitted the rabbit very wonderfully to escape from its enemies, so surely our little furry friend will never be caught!
And yet, I am afraid our little rabbit will be caught in a minute! Someone wiser than he has laid a trap for him. It smells very good no doubt, and if he should try a bite, it would taste very good too. But another bite and another would loosen the little spring and let down the trap door as soon as the poor little fellow is safely inside. He can escape many a time from a fox or a dog, but the man who made this trap is too clever for him. Perhaps tomorrow he will be just a piece of fur for the collar of somebody’s coat.
No doubt you can run fast, little boys and girls, and I hope you are careful to watch for danger when you cross the street. But there is someone wiser than you who has laid many a trap in this world for you. You may be clever, but Satan, who is not a man, is more clever than you are. You cannot understand his traps but you can be caught by them, and be very miserable.
When the poor little rabbit is caught, oil his little long-eared friends cannot save him, but perhaps someone will be willing to set him free. That is what the Lord Jesus is willing to do for you— set you free from the power of Satan. He will not stop there, however, and leave you to go back to the dangers and fears of life. He is willing to save you and keep you all through this world and far more than that. He will take you to Himself in Heaven, where you will enjoy His love for ever and ever.
It would be quite easy for you or me to open the wooden trap and set the little rabbit free. But it was not easy for the Lord Jesus to set us free from Satan’s power. He had to take our place, and to suffer and die on Calvary’s cross in order that He might set us free. How we should thank Him as long as we live!
Do you know that you cannot save yourself? Do you know that you are helplessly caught unless the Lord Jesus comes to save you? Then ask Him today, for He is ready and willing to save you now.
Messages of the Love of God 1/25/1948