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 “Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.”  ~Song of Solomon 2:15 (NKJV)

The Message Bible translates the above Scripture like this:  “Then you must protect me from the foxes, foxes on the prowl, foxes who would like nothing better than to get in our flowering garden”.  (emphasis added)

Picture with me, if you will, a beautiful grape vine, filled with large, lucious, juicy grapes.  It looks so inviting…so tempting…so delicious!  By simply looking at it, you are absolutely certain that the grapes on that vine will be sweet and pleasant!  You can hardly wait to enjoy the fruit, but the time has not yet arrived to pick it from the vine.  So you wait……

A few days later you return to the vine and find that it’s branches have begun to sag.  Some of the branches have been pulled away from the life of the vine, and the fruit is beginning to rot.  But you are certain the branches left will be fine; and you’ll have sweet, juicy grapes to eat very soon.  So you wait…..

Week after week you return to the vine.  Each time you return, more branches have been pulled down, more fruit is rotting, and the vine, which once was healthy and thriving, is now beginning to die.  You can’t figure out why, so you watch and wait…..

In your waiting, you begin to see little foxes coming out of the woods, jumping up to get the fruit from the vine.  They are so small, however, that they cannot reach the fruit without pulling at the branches.  They jump and pull, tearing the branches from the vine – one branch at time.  Then you understand…..

You see, it’s not the adult foxes that destroy the vine – they are tall enough to reach the fruit.  It’s the little foxes, tearing at the vine, a little bit at a time that finally destroy it and cause it to die.

It’s like that in our daily lives!  Little by little the enemy comes “to kill, steal, and destroy” (John 10:10).   At first, we recognize the attack and overcome it.  Then he comes again, from a different direction with a different situation.  We become a little frustrated, but we overcome. 

Again and again he comes.  Day after day, week after week, month after month, the “little foxes of life” tear at our emotions, finances, relationships, health, etc.    The attacks keep coming, and the ”little foxes” keep “jumping up and pulling at our branches”.  Finally, we find ourselves feeling tired, weary, worn, and alone and realize our joy is gone, our purpose is gone, and our victory has been stolen! 

Maybe you feel like you’ve been attacked from all sides in recent weeks, months, or even years.  Maybe you’re simply going through the routine of life in total defeat.  The enemy has lied to you and told you that no one cares, God has deserted you, and you’re all alone.  Let me encourage you today:  You are not alone!  God has not deserted you!  The remainder of John 10:10 says this: “…I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly [overflowing, more than you've ever dreamed of, excessive, more than enough].”

Stand on God’s Word and keep pressing forward.  Don’t allow the “little foxes of life” to keep you from your destiny.  Victory is yours today!  Believe it!  Receive it!  Achieve it!