Sustained Bloom II

“Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming!” Sng.2:15

Bearing in mind that the second key to having sustained bloom is to get rid of little foxes, it is important for us to clearly understand what little foxes are. What are little foxes? Little foxes are those things we have termed little things, not because they are little spiritually but because we call them little. Things such as lying; if your excuse for lying is that everybody lies, you will soon discover that you are the only one left because everybody is getting sanctified. Pornography – little fox, get rid of it. Stealing, you claim you just borrowed the money. How can you borrow money that is not your own and without the knowledge of the owner? The word for that is stealing and you need to get rid of such little foxes because you are about to experience bloom and your vineyards are so vulnerable when they are in full bloom. These foxes appear harmless now but by the time you begin to bloom, they will cause havoc. Roving eyes- a lot of men have roving eyes. Only God knows how many accidents have happened because of roving eyes – little foxes. A lot of the time the people that are harboring these little foxes will claim they have done nothing wrong, and that usually is the problem. You think flirting is little now, right? My grandmother would say, ‘what you will not eat, do not smell because there is a short distance between the nose and the mouth. While you are smelling it, you can easily bite it’. Stop flirting. I know it makes you feel good but it is a menace to your blooming vineyard. I know it is painful when your spouse seemingly does not appreciate you. And then you get to the office there is a young man that will not stop raining compliments on you about the way you look. My advice? Stop flirting! Interestingly, we did a whole teaching on this, titled “Adam and Eve” [sex and seduction]. When people dress up to look hot – have you heard that term before – “hot”? The whole idea of being ‘hot’ is centered on what you create in the person looking at you. You create heat – arousal in the person that is looking at you. So when you are dressing to be hot imagine how many men you are arousing. Is that really what you want to do? I hope not. What you really want to do is get rid of the little foxes. While I agree that it is not your fault if they cannot control themselves, I would also say you have a responsibility. One man actually said he is not flirting; he just hit her on her backside but they didn’t do anything. Stop flirting; get rid of the little foxes so you can sustain your bloom.

Prayer: Father, help me deal conclusively with all the little foxes in my life, in Jesus Name.