Stinging Ants<\/b><\/p>\n
Recently I laid a small circle of poison around a hill of stinging ants. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them throughout the colony. I returned later to see how well the poison was working. Hundreds of the stinging ants were carrying the poison down into their hill. Then I noticed a hole in the circle of poison. Some of the poison was moving the opposite way\u2014away from the hill. Some smaller, nonstinging ants had found this \u201cfood\u201d and were stealing it from their ant neighbors. Thinking they were getting the other ants\u2019 treasure, they unwittingly poisoned themselves. <\/p>\n
When we see someone with more than we have, we must beware. The hunger to beg, borrow, or steal our way into what is theirs may poison us spiritually. – Bob James<\/p>\n
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Two Categores of Men<\/b><\/p>\n
Men fall into two categories: <\/p>\n
1. \u201cMen shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous\u201d (2 Tim 3:2); or <\/p>\n
2. \u201cMen of truth, hating covetousness\u201d (Ex 18:21). With Achan (Joshua 7) coveting began with his eyes (\u201cWhen I saw\u201d), went deeply into his mind and heart (\u201cthen I coveted them\u201d), and ended up in his hands (\u201ctook them\u201d). The end result was death.<\/p>\n
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