"Catch the foxes for us.Catch the little foxes.They destroy our vineyards.The vineyards are in bloom.” - Song of Solomon 2:15
We have all heard the phrase “Don’t let the little foxes spoil the vine”. That phrase took on a new meaning for me this past summer. I was struggling with doubt. James chapter 1 says that the person who doubts is like a wave of the sea that the wind blows and tosses around. That described me to a “T”. My emotions were all over the place, and had me questioning if I could hear God! My doubt snuck in quietly, a little at a time. I didn’t see it for what it was, or what it was doing until I was sharing with someone about what I was dealing with and they spoke that phrase to me. You see, little foxes like the new growth on the vine the best. I had allowed the little fox of doubt to creep in. I was on the verge of letting my doubts kill the new growth taking place in my relationship with God as I was learning to trust Him in a time when my faith was being stretched. If the enemy could destroy the new growth, then the good, lasting fruit produced by this trial would be destroyed also. If you are in a similar season, ask God to show you those places where you have allowed doubt to sneak in. Then, stand on His promise in Isaiah 40:29-31 : He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
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