Are You Dependent or Inter-Dependent?

"The badgers are a people without power, yet they make their homes in the rocks.” – Proverbs 30:26.

God's goal for each of us is that we mature and grow up, not be dependent or overdependent, but interdependent. If we do not take care of ourselves and protect ourselves from the many temptations and potential pitfalls that come our way, nobody else is going to do it for us.

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While tiny ants teach us many lessons, including the importance of being prepared as much as possible for whatever might come our way, the badgers or rock badgers show us the need for precaution and being responsible for taking care of ourselves.

These small animals hide behind the rocky cliffs jutting up in the mountains where eagles cannot get to them. They also hide close to the rocks where they remain unseen by prowling lions. Away from the safety of the rocks they would be dead meat.

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Some of us are too overdependent, depending on somebody else or the government to take care of us.

As Peter put it, "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." – 1 Peter 5:8.

We do not want to become cynics, but we do need to be careful, take necessary precautions, and accept full responsibility for every area of our life.

Above all, we need to trust our life to God daily as did David who said, "The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge … He is my stronghold." – Psalm 18:2.

Let us always put our trust and take refuge in God. It is only He who will deliver us from evil, temptations, harm, disasters and will guide us in the way we should go.

Stay Blessed!