The Beast in The Cave

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

A young photographer walking in a forest in Maine spotted a cave and decided to photograph what was inside. To reveal what was in the dark, he set up a time exposure. Inside the cave, hidden from his naked eye but revealed by the time exposure, what a huge mountain lion, crouched and ready to attack. If not for the time exposure he wouldn't have known that his life had come close to death. So it is with you. God tells you to stay away from sin and darkness, but we don't always listen. Sometimes we play by the mouth of the cave. We play around with lust, idolatry, gossip, worldliness, greed, bitterness, carnality, temptation, sin. But lurking inside every sin is a beast waiting to destroy you. It's hidden in the dark. But, as in the time exposure, with the passage of time the destruction inside every sin will be exposed. Don't play around with any sin, don't hang out by its entrance, give it no room. Renounce the darkness and stay clear of the beast within it.

From Message #1707 - The Serpenthead Principle