My most stunning and disappointing defeats in Halo rarely occur at the hands of adversaries like the massive Hunters or the Elite soldiers piloting those lethal Covenant battle tanks. Even though they are incredibly dangerous, I can see these challenges coming in the distance and prepare for them in advance, approaching them with a cautious strategy because I’m fiercely aware of the threat they contain. Instead, it’s actually the tiny grunts that tend to appear out of nowhere with plasma grenades in their hands that cause most of my problems. Their smaller size and seeming insignificance compared to those larger enemies makes them very easy to underestimate, and that is what makes them so deadly. It’s always the little foxes that do the most damage.

The Bible is full of cautionary tales that remind us to guard against the hidden dangers of the “little foxes”… heroes like David and Moses who took down giants and kings but were defeated by one glance at a bathing Bathsheba or striking a rock in an angry outburst. Our most dangerous battles in life are often concealed in the seemingly small temptations of a quick look at something we shouldn’t or giving in to a moment of anger, so let’s guard our minds, eyes, and mouths today against these hidden grenades. Our testimony can be destroyed by one moment of weakness.

Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes. Song of Solomon 2:15

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:12-13

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