That Old Serpent
I have on my bulletin board in my office a photo of my youngest daughter taken some years ago with a live python snake draped around her shoulders. This was taken during an animal exhibit here in the town of Smiths Falls where we live.
I keep this picture to remind me of sin and the wiles of “that old Serpent, called the Devil, and Satan” (Revelation 12:9). He is always trying to trap us and trick us, and while he can never take away our salvation, he can certainly rob us of our joy in Christ, and get us very discouraged.
This is why we need to read our Bibles every day and spend time in prayer. This is how we “resist the Devil” (James 4:4). By lifting “the shield of faith” we are then “able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked” (Ephesians 6:16).
We are no match for the clever, sly, sneaky ways of Satan, and his host of demons, but the Apostle John reminds us, “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). We have everything we need to meet the enemy and be victorious for Christ’s glory.
