“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
1 Peter 5:8-9 KJV
Peter explains, “Be well balanced and always alert, because your enemy, the devil, roams around incessantly, like a roaring lion looking for its prey to devour. Take a decisive stand against him and resist his every attack with strong, vigorous faith. For you know that your believing brothers and sisters around the world are experiencing the same kinds of troubles you endure.” The accuser of the brethren presses a lawsuit against believers in Christ, that must be defended. If we do not bring our worries and cares to God our Father and make our divine exchange on the Cross of Christ, the devil will use depression and discouragement to devour us. Just as lions go after the feeble, the young and the stragglers, so the enemy of our soul will always seek out those who are isolated, alone or depressed, to devour them. The secret is to keep looking to Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Amen!
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