Plight Of The Zombies

Epehesians 4:31 -- "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice."

image: David P Hughes, livescience.com

Right away it's obvious that something is very, very wrong. The Carpenter Ant starts twitching a little - acting as if it has an itch it can't quite reach - and then wonders far outside its normal foraging territory. All food found along the path is ignored as it climbs to the highest point on a new sapling jutting out from the jungle floor. It then bites down hard and clamps itself onto the protruding branches and becomes very still.

The Ant's brain has been hijacked. It is no longer in control of anything.

Ophiocordyceps - a.k.a: the Zombie Fungus - has infected the ant's central nervous system and has  produced chemicals that take it over completely. The Ant is now programmed to climb to the highest point that overlooks an ant colony so that the fungus in its brain can reproduce. Once the fungus has sprouted, a strange and alien-like growth protrudes from the ant's head. The bulb on the end of the growth will erupt in a microscopic explosion of spores that will float down to the ant colony below and hijack more ants. The unsuspecting and thriving ant colony doesn't stand a chance.

The Zombie Fungus is a true parasite. It cannot reproduce without the use of ants.

Something to think about - Satan can't "reproduce" without the use of humans. Not at all. Every single thing Satan has ever accomplished came from "hijacking" something God created. Satan corrupted the angels that fell from Heaven with him and he twisted the truth when he enticed Eve to take a bite of the forbidden fruit. He's a lot like the Zombie Fungus. There is no success for Satan without us.

Which is why in Ephesians, we are told to LET IT GO.

Way easier said than done, at times. But the truth is - if we let anger, slander, malice, etc. take up root inside us - it will fester until it's able to explode in a puff of spores that can grow into more of the same. ...which is why it is so very important for us to hand these things over to God and let Him take care of them. The last thing in the world we need to do it let these things hijack us. We can't produce good clean fruit for God if we are producing ugly things that stand against Him.

Unlike the poor Carpenter Ants of the world, there are things we can do to ward of Zombie/Satanic spores. If we daily put on our full armor - we can ward off the things that want to hijack our emotions and our spiritual output.

So let it go. Let it all go. Take a stand against Zombie Parasites and protect the very precious brains and hearts that God created within us.