The Elk Example!

What an awesome moment caught on tape. That hunter must have felt the bull elk breathing down his neck (literally). There's a great spiritual lesson that can be taken from this "close encounter" footage. If you notice, once the elk realized he was in a bad situation, he tucked tail and ran. He's lucky that the hunter didn't have a chance to stick an arrow through his vitals. We should follow the example of that bull elk when tempted. I could compile a long, long list of things that satan uses to temp men in general. You know what tempts you. If you hang around it long enough, the evil hunter, Satan, who hates you and wants to destroy your life might just be pursuasive enough to make you give him a shot at your vitals.

II Timothy 2:22 (the elk example) tells us to "flee" from sin. We men don't normally like to run from things, but we should make a tactical retreat like the elk to avoid satan's attempts to ruin us. Remember that God will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able to take and He gives us a way out when tempted by the evil one(I Corinthians 10:13.

Combating temptation with prayer, with Scripture and a good tactical retreat will surely bring eternal results.

"Blessed is the man who endures temptation..." James 1:12