“You must catch the troubling foxes, those sly little foxes that hinder our relationship. For they raid our budding vineyard of love to ruin what I’ve planted within you. Will you catch them and remove them for me? We will do it together.”  Song of Songs 2:15 (TPT)

Dear Partners and Prayer Warriors,

I love the Lord’s gentleness, in this scripture. He tells us how and what to do to keep us in right relationship with Him.

He specifically tells us what the problem is: “the troubling foxes…those sly little foxes!” In other words, the distractions! There are so many to choose from today: The political unrest, the pandemic, the vaccinations, the conspiracy theories and that doesn’t even include the distraction of an everyday personal life.  Suffice to say, we certainly do not lack for things to obstruct our focus upon. I am reminded of a scripture where Jesus was making reference to food and how all things are allowable but not all things are beneficial. I think that could apply to our daily Christian walk as well. The distractions around us that become our focus and not taking thoughts captive, while allowable, is not beneficial. 

The Lord also gives us the results of what happens when we do not “catch” the foxes. He says “they raid the vineyard of love He has planted within us.” I see those uncaught foxes and the havoc that they reek every day in how we, as people, treat one another now. It is disheartening! People are angry. Even the Christians are angry!  Everyone has an opinion and there are so many untruths and fake news out there that it is hard to decipher what is even real anymore.
However, at some point, we began pressing our opinions and conspiracy theories onto others and that is dangerous! We must respect each other’s boundaries and we must do as the Lord is imploring us to do and that is to keep our focus on Him and Him alone. Stay in His Word and find out for yourself what the promises are for your life. Guard your heart by what you allow yourself to see, hear, and participate in and for how long. Base all of that upon the Word of the Lord and your relationship with Him first!

The best part of the scripture is the last sentence: “We will do it together.” We are never alone but sometimes we are the ones who get distracted and we find ourselves alone with all these menacing “little foxes” because we forgot where we left Jesus. He will always be found, right where we left Him. In putting God first in every area of your life and by reading His Word, He will draw close to you as you draw close to Him, giving no place  for little foxes to spoil the love vineyard you and Him share. Little foxes make us work way too hard in this life and they can make us grow weary. God has all our answers with solutions and we will do it together. He in us, for one another!

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