Cure for Snake Bite

One-year Bible-3/14
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’ So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. When anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived (Numbers 21:8-9).”

“You don’t have to look far for the answer.” We’ve heard that adage often and its true. The thing that paralyzes us, that stops us in our tracks, can be easily overcome if we face it head-on and deal with it. We have to face our fears because that is all they are. How do we face our fears? We just remember, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous. The Lord delivers her/him out of them all (Psalm 34:19).”

We give too many situations and too many people power over us—the ability to poison us—our relationships, and everything around us. This is idolatry. It is giving these things and people the place of God in our lives. They really do not have this kind of power; we give it to them/it.

These people and situations are nothing but the result of us allowing our fear of them or anxiety about them to dominate our consciousness, our bodies, our existence. God was saying to Moses, “Oh, they are being bitten by 'poisonous' snakes? Make them look and see that poison or not, a snake is just a snake—no more, no less, and they are my blessed beloved children." How many snakes are you fixated on? You do the math.

Peace out.