You are a Dead Crayfish (I Hope)

Half of you have no clue what I'm talking about, huh?

For the people who have never been near Louisiana, and don't know what a crayfish is, they are kinda like the miniature, Cajun version of lobster. And if you've haven't cooked lobster or crayfish, it's an interesting process.

You boil up some water, throw in some Cajun seasonings (this is for crayfish, just so you know) and make it all so spicy. Then you throw in some corn on the cob, some red potatoes, so more spices. Finally, when they're all nice and boiled up, you throw in the crayfish. Easy peasey, lemon squeezy. Except for the one thing.

The crayfish are alive when they go into the pot.

Let me tell you, it is the saddest thing I have ever seen. It makes me almost cry watching it, and I don't even like crayfish dead or alive! But to watch a living thing fight to survive and then get thrown into a big pot of boiling water as if it doesn't even matter, it's sad.

You are a crayfish.

You and your buddies were just enjoying a nice day of mud-bugging, (mudbug is another name for crayfish, for you Northerners, by the way) when you've been caught up in a net. Now, you're fighting for your life, you can hear the boiling water, and suddenly there is a big Chef standing over you, with his chef hat lopsided and a wide gleeful grin over his face. That's Satan. He starts sorting out the crayfish, putting the live ones in the pot, and the dead ones get thrown out. The pot is hell by the way.

Now how does this pertain to you, my hopefully dead crayfish?

When shellfish die, their stomach releases an enzyme that begins to dissolve all of their eternal organs. This is called belly-burn, and ruin the meat of the shellfish. This is why they are boiled alive, though you can kill them right before they go into the pot.

You, the crayfish, get thrown out, not in the pot, because you have crucified your flesh, died for Jesus, and now have belly-burn, which the Holy Spirit.

Satan can't cook you. He can't throw you into hell. If he does, it'll ruin his own pot of mudbugs. You are safe, because in his eyes, you're already dead. Your flesh is dead and the Holy Spirit lives in you. Congrats, you are SAFE!

So, aren't you glad you're a dead crayfish?

For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit, you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,
                                          -Romans 8:13 (NIV)

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed their passions and desires of their sinful nature to His cross and crucified them there 
                                      -Galatians 5:24