28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
- DAILY READING Matthew 1; Exodus 20:1-21:36; Proverbs 9
The white-tailed deer has many predators, such as leopards, lions, dogs, bears, tigers, coyotes, wolves, and even humans. Therefore, to survive it has had to learn many different tactics. When the deer see, smell, or hear something suspicious, they stick their white tails up to signal to others that danger is near. The leader will run, and the others will follow. Whitetail deer are great escape artists. This is key to their strategy for survival. They have different styles of escape when being pursued by a predator, which includes high speed sprints, remaining hidden until the predator is very near, and then make an explosive escape; slinking away on their bellies or crisscrossing their own paths to create a confusing trail. The white-tailed deer can swim, run, hide, and fight to stay out of trouble, but a very remarkable strategy is to run deeper into water,
When a deer is chased to water, it knows what to do. This is one place the deer knows it will win the battle. The deer runs into the water and swims to the deepest part. They will go deeper into the water to the point where their pursuers cannot follow them. And if a stubborn predator still follows, the deer will kick and thrash until the predator drowns or walks off wounded.
They can also hide by submerging themselves in the water, leaving only their nose on the surface, using their noses like snorkels , to breath, just as a scuba diver would. A lion or tiger in pursuit would risk drowning by following them into such deep waters.
Likewise, there is a depth you can get to in the Word where the enemy cannot follow you to.
When pharaoh and his army tried to follow Israel into the depth of the sea they were drowned. Wisdom is to reside in this depth, where you become inaccessible to evil.
Dwelling in the depth of The Word guarantees freedom. Every evil departs from you. It is a depth where any Egyptian after you will drown because you have gone too deep for them to follow. Dwelling in the depth of The Word is dwelling in the place of great faith and faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
When Faith comes alive in you, victory is assured. And the way to get faith is not by hearing the Word once or just occasionally. It is determined by hearing the Word repeatedly until something happens on the inside.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to go into your Word until I can get to the depth, where covered by Your glory, I become invisible to every force of darkness in Jesus Name.
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Your heart needs to be filled with The Word of God to the point of overflow. – WORDBITE 222.
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