When a farmer buys land in New England, he often asks, "Is it above the snake line?" Experience has proven there is a line above which snakes cannot live. Land above the "snake line" is protected from poisonous vipers by an unseen law of God. In the spiritual world, there is also a "snake line." Below crawls all kinds of things that prey on the spiritual man and threaten to destroy him.
Job, wise to the ways of God, noted long ago: There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: the lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it (Job 28:7-8). This explains why many Christians rest peacefully while the world around them crumbles. They face death-their own and that of their families-with a calmness that cannot be explained. They are serene despite the winds of disaster blowing about them. All of us have known such persons who, without doubt, have learned to live above the spiritual "snake line."
Below the "snake line," we are troubled by spiritual poverty, weariness, depletion, and other crawling vipers of Satan. Paul talked of sitting together in "heavenly places" above the cares of this world and the agony of spirit many experience. He told us we can be more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us. May we move today above the "snake line" and leave behind defeat and despair.
Isaiah 40:11
Like a shepherd, he will care for his flock, gathering the lambs in his arms, Hugging them as he carries them, leading the nursing ewes to good pasture.
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