Happy Friday to all. My cup was just filled with Door County Black And Tan Coffee. My heart is filled with a prayer or two and I am looking forward to this day beginning.
If you fill a room full of fishermen or anglers like some of them prefer to be called, you can fill hours upon hours with fish stories and different jargon on preferred methods of fishing. There are plenty of different types of fishing lures, fishing poles, fish nets, line, hooks, or sonar. Fishing techniques often differ from region to region and from boat to boat. I have witnessed a few technique debates get animated but none were ever heated to the point of anger.
John 10:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
One thing that most fisherman agree on is that at the right moment when the fish has taken the bate the hook must be set hard and fast. This allows the sharp hook or hooks to dig into the mouth of the fish and not allow them to get away. "They Are Hooked".
Now prior to the hook being set the lure is presented in a way that is attractive to a fish. Some minnow type bats look so real and enticing that fish are fooled easily and they cannot resist biting into a trap. Once hooked they are eventually landed into a net and their freedom is over.
1 Peter 5:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Satan tries to do the same thing with people. He uses the attractiveness of the world to lure people into something that is not good for them. Before long they are hooked or addicted and cannot get away. For instance take the alcoholic. Like many people he or she started out as a social drinker, which many people handle just fine. But somewhere along the way the alcohol becomes more important than anything else and it fills a void, numbs a hurt, or takes away some pain. But before long it takes more and more alcohol to do the job. Satan has really set the hooks. He seeks to destroy lives through excess and addiction. We need to acknowledge Satan's purpose and then flee from temptation and be aware how he can twist things to his advantage in his effort to harm us.
James 4:7 New International Version (NIV)
7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
There are many things that Satan can use to tempt us, It is our duty to be aware of those things.
Enjoy your weekend and be at peace with one another.
Marty
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