“The danger is that Satan is dimming our light so slowly that darkness seems normal.”
There was once a farmer whose sheep got bitten in the face by a rattlesnake. The sheep’s face immediately started swelling up. For two days, it continued to swell.
The farmer was worried, but the sheep was not. It kept drinking, eating, and climbing just like normal. Then, after those two days, the sheep started to recover. Miraculously, he soon came back to full health.
It turns out, anti-venom is often made out of sheep’s blood. In those two days, the sheep’s blood slowly but steadily destroyed the venom.
The sheep was fine, just like he knew he would be.
2 Ne 28 talks about some of the tools of Satan:
He stirs us up to anger.
He pacifies.
He flatters.
But Nephi follows up with the antidote: “Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no more,” (30:18).
Why?
Because Christ will come again. He will reign as King.
Knowledge of Christ “removes the scales of darkness from our eyes” (30:5-6).
And when Christ comes, all darkness will flee at the presence of His life.
But we don’t need to wait until the second coming for Christ the King to reign in our lives. We can let Him reign now.
He is the antidote.
Trust in Him, and Satan’s tools will not have power in your life.
The blood of the Lamb is running through us.
Focus not on the serpent who poisons, but on the God with an antidote.
We can have the confidence that comes only through His peace.
He will heal you; He will save you.