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BEWARE OF THE LITTLE FOXES (PART ONE)
The little things that do the most damage.
Earlier today, I was on my way to buy something when I found myself subconsciously singing along to a song. It was a song that had accompanied a video I had seen on my newsfeed just a few minutes earlier. Interestingly, it was a secular song that has been making rounds on social media recently. I had sung the song about four times before I suddenly became conscious of what I was doing. Immediately, I cautioned myself and redirected my mind towards godly and Gospel songs.
Then a thought struck me: You are what you listen to. You gradually become what you entertain in your chain of thoughts.
Those little gossips and gists we serve our ears, those seemingly insignificant actions we excuse, those sneaky thoughts we harbour, those few scenes of eroticism we entertain, and those brief moments of worldly entanglement we dismiss with the familiar conclusion that "ko le get mi" (it cannot get to me; it cannot influence me) often end up doing the greatest damage. They may appear harmless, but they can wreak tremendous havoc.
Think about it: a lion, regardless of how mighty, fierce and raging it may be, can be subdued by a tiny injection administered through a small opening in its hide. Its size and strength do not necessarily protect it from something seemingly insignificant. Indeed, small things can do the most damage.
The Bible says, "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes" (Song of Solomon 2:15, KJV).
A vineyard may cover a vast expanse of land, yet Scripture draws our attention not merely to foxes, but to LITTLE FOXES. The little things we underestimate, the things we consider too insignificant to threaten our spiritual walk, can become the very things that undermine it. They prey on our tendency to belittle their influence. They subtly eat away at the hedges and boundaries we have established around our spiritual lives, gradually creating room for ungodliness.
Sometimes, the greatest danger to our spiritual walk is not what we consider a major threat, but what we have convinced ourselves is too little to matter.
Perhaps it is time we paid closer attention to the little foxes.
The little things that do the most damage.
Earlier today, I was on my way to buy something when I found myself subconsciously singing along to a song. It was a song that had accompanied a video I had seen on my newsfeed just a few minutes earlier. Interestingly, it was a secular song that has been making rounds on social media recently. I had sung the song about four times before I suddenly became conscious of what I was doing. Immediately, I cautioned myself and redirected my mind towards godly and Gospel songs.
Then a thought struck me: You are what you listen to. You gradually become what you entertain in your chain of thoughts.
Those little gossips and gists we serve our ears, those seemingly insignificant actions we excuse, those sneaky thoughts we harbour, those few scenes of eroticism we entertain, and those brief moments of worldly entanglement we dismiss with the familiar conclusion that "ko le get mi" (it cannot get to me; it cannot influence me) often end up doing the greatest damage. They may appear harmless, but they can wreak tremendous havoc.
Think about it: a lion, regardless of how mighty, fierce and raging it may be, can be subdued by a tiny injection administered through a small opening in its hide. Its size and strength do not necessarily protect it from something seemingly insignificant. Indeed, small things can do the most damage.
The Bible says, "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes" (Song of Solomon 2:15, KJV).
A vineyard may cover a vast expanse of land, yet Scripture draws our attention not merely to foxes, but to LITTLE FOXES. The little things we underestimate, the things we consider too insignificant to threaten our spiritual walk, can become the very things that undermine it. They prey on our tendency to belittle their influence. They subtly eat away at the hedges and boundaries we have established around our spiritual lives, gradually creating room for ungodliness.
Sometimes, the greatest danger to our spiritual walk is not what we consider a major threat, but what we have convinced ourselves is too little to matter.
Perhaps it is time we paid closer attention to the little foxes.
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