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“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
When we first got up this morning, we observed a couple of deer in our backyard—a doe and her half-grown fawn. They were eating acorns, as we live in the country, and our large oak tree produced an abundance of them this year. I could not help but notice how wary and watchful they were. About every thirty seconds they would lift their heads, cock their ears, and also sniff the air. They well knew that danger could be near. We do not, of course, have lions here in North America, but predators such as wolves and coyotes are around, and the deer are on guard, watching for them.
This is the way we should be as Christians, for we live in a hostile world. We may not be in danger of being attacked physically, but Satan is like a roaring lion, watching for an opportunity to discourage us, or to tempt us to sin. We need to be on guard for this, and be ready to resist right away.
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