FOOD FOR THOUGHT | "TIE BACK THE DONKEY"

 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT | "TIE BACK THE DONKEY"

● A donkey was tied to a tree. A demon came and released it. The donkey entered the field of a farmer and began to eat everything. The farmer’s wife saw the donkey and was afraid that it would destroy the farm, took the rifle and killed it.

● The donkey’s owner saw the dead donkey, got angry, took his rifle, and fired at the woman, killing her. When the farmer got home and saw that his wife was dead, he killed the donkey's owner.

● The donkey owner's sons seeing their dead father, burned the farmer's field. The farmer in retaliation killed them.

● When they asked the demon what he had done, he said:

-  "I did nothing, I just released the donkey."

Do you get it? The devil doesn’t have the power to do much, but one simple thing he does triggers the evil intents of men’s hearts to harm one another.

●  What's the moral of the story?

- Think before acting. 

Gen 4:7 NIV  says,  If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? but if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. ; it desires to have you, but you must master it.  If you resist doing what is right, sin is waiting at your door. 

- Be careful with your actions because many times, the only thing the devil does is “release the donkey”. 

How do you tie the donkey?

1) By resisting the temptations of the devil. 

James 4:7 KJV  says, Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

2) Tame the flesh and anything related to it (anger, bitterness...). Choose joy, peace, calmness and happiness over anger. Don't be fooled into fighting people, do the simple thing with love.

"Just tie back the flesh (donkey)" and the devil is disarmed.

Psa 37:8 KJV  Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Ecc 10:4 ESV If the ruler's anger rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

As elections draw closer, if politicians release the donkey (of anger, of tribalism, of hatred,...) just tie it back.

Lea Saleta

Media Team

Word of Life Church Int'l