Devoured or Devoted 1 Peter 5:8

Good morning all! God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

Sorry I missed you yesterday; I have come down with a summer cold.  Don't usually have these, but, SUPRISE!

1 Peter 5:8 "The devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."

A small cotton-tail rabbit was enjoying the summer morning, nibbling and very relaxed.  Suddenly out of the sky, flying with great speed and dead on acuracy was a hawk looking for its morning delight - breakfast.
   The rabbit noticed the hawk, leaped quickly, and avoided being taken to breakfast and being the main dish.  This, too, is how we need to be aware of the lures of satan.  Satan is not out there screaming and making bold statements.  He is the beautiful female or handsome male, tempting us to "enjoy" some "good things of life" that we can't enjoy as Christians.  Slowly twisting truths (John 8:44) and trying to deceive us (Genesis 3:1).
    His schemes show his dishonest nature and the tricks are meant to catch us off guard.  We, as Christians, need to live in a state of active readiness to discern false teachings (1 John 4:1-3; 2 John 1:7-11) and overcome temptations.  Matt. 26:41 "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
    Stay alert my friends. Satan is alive and well and looking for "victims." TO GOD BE THE GLORY.

In Christ's Love and Grace
    Johnny