It is the little foxes that spoil the vines.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Song of Solomon 2:15
If you’re not good about letting things roll off you, you are not alone.
Many of us get caught up in what is happening.
One or many of them can destroy our peace, or our purpose.
Sometimes I can see myself distracted, even sitting on the narrow road, unable to walk.
Jesus says, Come follow Me.
Take your eyes off the circumstances, the annoyances that we all encounter, that are a part of this world.
Take your eyes off of those things that befuddle you
and keep your eyes on Christ, the author and the finisher of your faith. (from Hebrews 12:2)
Keeping us wrapped up in this world happens when our flesh gets distracted.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,
is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:16
Remember when the disciples kept falling asleep? The Lord Jesus said, Can you not watch with Me one hour?
And they fell asleep again. Jesus said, Watch and Pray.
And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter,
What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew 26:40-41
Solomon’s heart turned against the Lord in the end.
Samson was vexed unto death.
The little foxes can cause a lot of damage. They chip away at what is good.
The instructions remain the same.
Don’t get distracted. Don’t let the little foxes, the unimportant things, destroy your purpose.
Watch and pray.
Scriptural References:
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods:
and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1 Kings 11:4
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him,
so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Judges 16:16