I posted this video on Facebook earlier which shows several clips
of dogs trying to pass cats, but were afraid to pass because of what the cat
might do. For some reason the dog had
the misconception that it would be attacked and hurt if it went passed the cat. The cats had them afraid to pass, full of
fear and disobeying the calling of the master...even with the master being right there providing encouragement.
In many cases the dogs were much bigger than the cat and if
it wanted, could have destroyed the cat with one bite. However, the cat had the dog convinced that if
it tried to pass, something bad was going to happen.
The video was funny to watch, but it got me thinking. Our enemy acts just like those cats. He will convince us that we can’t go past a
certain point in our lives and into the place that our Master wants us to be. He puts fear in our minds and tries to
convince us to stay in the area, the circumstances, and the predicament we’re
in by making us fear what he’ll do if we try to go past him.
We’ve given our enemy more power than he actually has by
listening to his lies. We give him power
to control us when we stay in our current situations and don’t move towards the
blessings that our Master wants us to achieve.
By allowing Satan to keep us in an area that God doesn’t want us to
stay, we miss out on what He has for us to experience.
Remember what Luke 10:19 has to say: ”Behold,
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the
power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you”. Why then do we fear? Let’s use this power to walk past the enemy
and achieve the blessings that our Master has for us. Let’s move past the fear that the “cat” will
harm us and scratch us and remove our eyeballs if we move any closer to the
Master’s voice. If you watch the video
closely, in only a few of the scenes does the cat actually swat at or attack
the dog…It’s a mind thing the cat has over the dog.
Second Corinthians 10:4-5 says: “For
the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ…”.
So again, why do we fear the cat when we’ve been given not only power,
but weapons to defeat the mind games he tries playing on us?
You are the child of the most high God,
the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
You have power within you to overcome any adversary, to cast out any
image of failure and to tear down any wall that Satan or his imps try to place
in front of you. Remember, 1 John 4:4
says, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: Because greater
is he that is in you, than he that is in the world”. You have a Master who is standing on the
other side of your enemy, encouraging you to move past him and come receive what
He has in store for you. I love what one
of the owners told the dog. “I’m not coming
to get you, you’ve got to learn to move past the cat”. Although God could come get you, He wants you
to learn that you can overcome your fears; you can move past your adversary and
experience things you’ve yet to experience.
Now get up and move past the issues
that have kept you from the blessings your Master has for you. You’ve been living in a fearful, negative, and
unsupportive atmosphere for too long and the master is calling you into an atmosphere
of success and positive thinking. He
wants to surround you with a loving and caring environment and provide you with
peace and comfort that you haven’t known for a long time. The only question is, will you make the move
or will you continue to miss out on what God has in store for you? It’s your decision….
Just a thought on a page….
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