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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI don’t know if you have ever tried to trap birds, but it\u2019s quite an experience. When I was a very little boy, my family lived in the city of Fort Worth for a few years. In our backyard there were many trees. One summer, my sister and brother and I learned the joy of trapping wild birds, caging them, and raising them. Ours was a makeshift method. We had a little apple crate that we put on a stick. We tied a string to the stick and put leaves and dirt on the string so the birds couldn\u2019t see it. Then we hid over in the screened-in back porch with the string in someone\u2019s hand. We had laid out bread that led right up to the trap. Then underneath the trap, we piled up about half a loaf of bread. When a little bird would hop along, we would snicker behind the porch screen. About the time that a bird would get near, one of us would sneeze, and the bird would take off. So we\u2019d wait again. Eventually we learned that what appealed to a mockingbird didn\u2019t appeal to a blue jay, and what appealed to a blue jay didn\u2019t affect a cardinal. We learned through trial and error that you\u2019ve got to know what kind of trap to set or you won\u2019t catch the bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Satan knows just how to bait your trap. He\u2019s seen your kind for centuries. I know that you are unique, but you have basic weaknesses, just like others who have lived before you and others before them. Satan\u2019s been baiting traps since human beings came on the earth, and he is delighted to snatch you away in a snare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWe all have weak moments. We all have days in which we are weaker than at other times. You probably know what it\u2019s like to be under attack. It is easy to be vulnerable both when we\u2019re under attack and when we\u2019re resting on the crest of enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God gives a great promise to those who \u201clive in the shelter of
the Most High\u201d (Ps. 91:1), those who trust in Him and rely on Him day by day: He is able to rescue and protect you from Satan\u2019s traps. Like a great eagle who covers its young with its wings, God covers us, and under the wings of His protection we find comfort and refuge in the middle of the battle. God is a faithful protector. He protects us in the midst of attack, puts His shield around us, and guards us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBecause God is our protector, we can have strong inner confidence. We who trust in Him are redeemed children of God who have been declared righteous in His eyes and are protected, cared for, and loved. Now we can have confidence in dealing with the enemy. I\u2019m not saying that we can play games with him. He is extremely strong and brilliant beyond our abilities but not beyond the ability of Christ. There is wonderful freedom and release from fear in realizing our position in Christ is secure. There is power in the blood of the Lord Jesus and in the application of the Word of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n