"For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!" (Gal. 5:13-15)

Well trained bird dogs are a marvelous sight to behold as they work the brushy fields. They work hard at sniffing out the game birds. They are trained so that when they eventually find the birds, they will freeze in a pointing stance. Often, the dogs shake and tremble as they are in their frozen position. It is against their nature to stand and do nothing. When the hunter gets into position, he gives the command and the dogs flush out the birds. The hunter shoots the birds as they fly off, and the dogs find the dead ones and bring them to the hunter. Well trained bird dogs all work together in their task of hunting birds. However, when the dogs are back in their pens, they often bark and growl at one another. With no birds to hunt, they often turn to bite and snap at each another.

Likewise, when Christians are not busy in the Lord's work, they often bite and devour one another. Let us, through love, be busy in our service to one another, and in reaching lost souls for Christ. Biting and devouring leads to self destruction.