Worm Tongue is Dead!

If you read the post yesterday, you know that I had a critter in the garage wrapped around Ken's fishing poles. I had been watching him for two days as he just hung out, or so I thought to laze around in the garage. I used my critter story to illustrate something I sure do need to heed, and that "I can't forget there is a snake in the garage." So often we look outside ourselves for the major sin problems and obstacles that we face daily, and forget that the biggest problem that we face is a catastrophe going on in our own hearts, and that problem is one we must fall on the mercy of God to "fix."

My problem with Worm Tongue was taken care of by a source outside of myself, my husband. He came home and tried to do the same thing that I first tried to do, pick up the fishing poles off the ground. He was taken aback when he first saw Worm Tongue. He decided that he should do something about the snake, and ran into his own snaffu. Worm Tongue was hooked. No wonder he stayed in the garage for two days! I will once again use this for an illustration of a greater truth.

We have a huge problem of sin that we cannot handle, not with all the positive self esteem, positive thoughts, and positive will power that we could possibly muster. Just as the snake was "hooked" in my garage and not going any where unless someone outside the garage took care of it. Just as Ken took care of Worm Tongue, Christ on the cross took care of our sin at great cost to Himself. He took the penalty on Himself, he "unhooked" our sin in order that He could redeem a Holy people for Himself. Included in what He did for us, sin no longer has a hold a "hook" on us. He "killed" the snake in our garage.