An old Grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, "Let me tell you a story.
I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do. But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die. I have struggled with these feelings many times."
He continued,
"It is as if there are two wolves inside me. One is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all around him, and does not take offense when no offense was intended. He will only fight when it is right to fight.
But the other wolf, ah! He is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason. He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing.
Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."
The boy looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which one wins, Grandfather?"
The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."
The Grandfather smiled and quietly said, "The one I feed."
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This is incredible to me... this is an old Cherokee legend. God truly worked among the Cherokee people. How else could the Grandfather have been able to explain the Spiritual Warfare so vividly and truthfully in a Native American fashion? The Grandfather has it nailed... it is as though two wolves are fighting within you. Another way of putting it is: a fight between the forces of good and evil in the world. The forces of God and the forces of Satan, Lucifer, the fallen one. A battle can only be fought with strong healthy troops, the force that has the well fed army will beat the under rationed army.
So ask yourself this, my brothers and sisters: Which wolf will you feed? Will you give your life to God and let him use you for His glory and honor? Or will you choose to give your life to the Fallen One, Lucifer... will you choose a life of disgrace, dishonor, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, self-doubt, and ego?
My brothers and sisters, you will never in your life have to make as important a decision as this. Make the right decision, you may never get the chance to change your mind. God is not the "God of a second chance", He is the "God of another chance". However, that does not mean you should put off making that decision... you may not get the chance to make the commitment.
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Make your choice, which wolf will you feed? Even now I hear the wolves fighting...
