BBD 09.15.16 Curiosity Killed the Cat (Classic)
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Classic from 2009
Burning Bush Devotional
15 September 2016
Curiosity
Killed the Cat
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the
Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall
not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We
may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree
which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor
shall you touch it, lest you die.’” Then the serpent said to the woman, “You
will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will
be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman
saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave
to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they knew that they were n_ked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made
themselves coverings. - Genesis 3:1-7 NKJV.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. -
James 1:14 NKJV.
We have two cats that are like little kids, and want to look at everything.
Their curiosity has gotten them into so much trouble, and it is easy to see how
the saying "curiosity killed the cat" came into being. Human
beings have a lot of curiosity too, and it has gotten many of us into trouble.
In Arizona, a bobcat was the cause of the Cottonwood police being dispatched to
three separate incidents. In one of the incidents, which were caught on cell
phone video, the cat made those present scramble. Kyle Hicks was one of those
who attempted to film the cat with his phone. While he was getting close to the
cat to video it, the cat attacked scratching his face, and the back of his
ears. The cat also scratched at least one other person on the legs. The bobcat
was killed by Cottonwood police officers, and it has been determined that the
animal had rabies. All of the individuals that had contact with the cat now
have to take rabies shots.
Curiosity got the best of Kyle Hicks, and Kyle now has to receive those shots
for rabies. Curiosity to some extent was the cause of the original sin of Adam
and Eve. They were tempted, but they were also curious about what the fruit of
the forbidden tree would taste like. They were curious about what having their
eyes opened, and being “like God” would be like. Our natural curiosity about things
exposes us to temptation, and it has been causing trouble ever since Adam and
Eve satisfied their curiosity by giving in to temptation. There are many things
that we are exponentially better off not knowing about. We may be curious about
p_orn, but we will be so much better off without ever having viewed any of it.
We may be curious about smoking, but we will be much better off without ever
trying it. We may be curious about pot, or meth, or coke, or any of a multitude
of addictive substances, but we will save ourselves from so many troubles by
never satisfying our curiosity. We may be curious about s_x outside of
marriage, but we can save ourselves from so much pain by never experiencing it.
The end result of being “drawn away” and “enticed” by your desires to do evil is that “when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is
full-grown, brings forth death (James 1:15).” Curiosity may kill the cat, but you do not have to let
it kill you, because there is a way of escape as we are told in 1 Corinthians 10:13, “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.”
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