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Flee
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace” (2 Timothy 2:22).
Earlier today, in Dickson Village, Saint Vincent, I sat at the table with my missionary friend eating a delicious soup his wife had kindly prepared for us. During the meal, I noticed an 8-inch lizard stealthily climbing the window curtain across from me. His goal was a large black fly he was planning to have for his lunch. However, as the lizard made one final move, the watchful fly flew off and was safe.
It made me think of the above verse, as well as of the Lord’s exhortation to the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane, when He said, “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation” (Matthew 26:41). Like that fly, we need to be on guard as to our enemy, Satan, lurking about to discourage us and get us to sin and spoil our joy and testimony. We also need to get as far away from sin and Satan as we can. Like the fly, we need to “flee.” When there is danger, we need to quickly and directly get out … get as far away as possible. We need to flee to the Lord Jesus, the only safe refuge and help when Satan tries to tempt and harass.
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