Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with burning emotion:

“The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net…”
(Habakkuk 1:15)

I admit it, Jesus.

I vividly remember taking a bite of Satan’s bait.

Like a fisherman who studies the habits of his prey, he knew

what bait would entice me
when I was most susceptible
just how to dangle it in front of me.

He buried his hook deep in the bait so I wouldn’t see it or feel it

until its razor-sharp tip pierced my jaw
and I felt the hard tug of the line

pulling me away from home, friends, safety
into an unfamiliar place where I couldn’t breathe

terrified, flopping helplessly at the bottom of his boat
the life ebbing out of me
as his fillet knife approached.

If you hadn’t rescued me, I’d have been a goner.

Please.
Help me

never
ever
ever

bite that bait again.

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Deuteronomy 4:15-19; Deuteronomy 11:16-21; Job 31:9-12; Matthew 4:1-11; 1 Corinthians 10:11-13; Galatians 6:1-2; Hebrews 2:14-18; James 1:13-15

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.