Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. First Peter 5:8
If you believe in Jesus, you have a very real and personal enemy, one who opposes your faith in Christ and does everything in his power to destroy it. You need not fear him, but you must be aware of him to effectively resist him. You can't resist an enemy you give no thought to.
Some say foolish things like, "Don't look for a demon behind every rock." They assume a passive role in our warfare, as if we can act without knowledge of the invisible forces against us. But we don't do this in the natural realms of our lives. We don't do this when we go to the airport security lines. The reason we don't is because of what we learned on September 11, 2001.
Our country was on high alert on that day, and the days after. We realized we had invisible enemies. We didn't know where they were or where they would strike. So we were on high alert. No one said, "Don't look for a terrorist behind every wall." We did look, because we were at war.
In the same way, believer, you are at war. A war that has been won, but a war that still exists. Jesus, our Lord and Savior, conquered Satan and sin and death once and for all and forever. But Peter still warned Christians to be self controlled and watchful because of our adversary. Peter saw Jesus risen and ascended, and yet he still knew that we must resist our enemy, being aware of our enemy's intent to devour us. Our enemy prowls like a lion looking for us as his prey.
How do we remain aware of him?
How do we resist him?
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