"Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually. Remember His marvelous works that He hath done." 1 Chron. 16:11,12.
The wolverine is not fast, but is determined when hunting. If it cannot overtake its prey quickly it may follow it day after day until the pursued animal is exhausted and finally caught. It is usually a night hunter and when out in daylight it hides quickly when a human is near. In addition to the flesh of animals and birds, it goes after birds' eggs and wild fruit. Honey, too, appeals to it. Ripping beehives open, it is unconcerned about the bees because its long, shaggy hair protects it from stings.
While not challenging people openly, it seems to delight in stealing bait from traps and devouring any animal caught in them. After cleaning out one trap it usually proceeds along the trap line and tears to shreds other captured animals, making their fur worthless.
At other times it breaks into cabins, tearing bars off doors, ripping shingles or sheet metal from roofs, pulling screens off, and smashing windows-anything to get inside. There it does terrific damage, eating available food and destroying what it cannot eat. A mischievous raccoon will occasionally do this, too, but the wolverine is worse, smashing lamps, pulling shelves down, tearing clothes apart, and ruining other things by spraying with its bad-smelling musk. Hasn't sin made it an awful creature!
Each year in May or June two or three young cubs are born in a well-hidden underground den. They are blind at birth, with yellow woolly fur and weigh less than a pound. They are carefully protected by the mother, who nurses them for several weeks and then teaches them hunting skills. While growing up, their playfulness quickly shows their true nature, for they are rough with each other, having mock battles and acting like little wildcats. After a year or more with the mother, they are able to capture game and a few months later go out on their own.
The wolverine is a wicked destroyer and reminds us of the world's greatest enemy-Satan himself. He is a destroyer also, and his object is to capture the hearts of any people foolish enough to be tempted by him, leading them on to a godless and hopeless life. But strength to resist him is expressed in the Bible verse: "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" Rom. 8:31,32.
How good it is, as our opening verse states, to turn to the Lord Jesus as the One to save us from Satan's power, cleanse our sins, and who alone can give strength to resist the attacks of that evil one. If you have not yet done this, why not turn to Him as your Savior today?