Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Timothy 4:1-5
by: Susan Bond.
I dreamed that a porcupine was attaching itself to my leg. My unprofessional interpretation? Something disheartening is practically driving me to despair, tempting me to focus more on the pain than on the one who wore thorns in order to heal me.
Every creature of God is good (v. 4), but the one compared to a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:8) aims to steer us off course. If we depart from the faith just a tad, he can place a wedge between us and the truth, causing us not only to skew Scripture but also, through arguments, to tear each other into small pieces, making it easier for him to devour us.