July 31 Sober, Vigilant, Strong 1 Peter 5:8
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (1 Peter 5:8)
Pay Attention! When we take our focus off our commitments, and we operate on our feelings and emotions, then we give Satan an opening to dictate and manipulate our existence! Sadly, so sadly, even good and decent people succumb to the wiles of the Devil and allow their focus and commitments to be altered by Satan’s destructive ways! When you allow him to have a “foothold” in your life, then you are in danger of being “devoured” and “destroyed!” Commitment, Dedication, Love, Endurance, Focus, Service, Witness; these are words of action, and that action is empowered through our redemption, accomplished through the shed blood of Jesus Christ! Satan is waiting for you to “feel” isolated, vulnerable, confused, and he begins his “consuming” of your life, witness, and everything that you hold sacred and valuable! Communities are rocked, family are destroyed, individuals are devoured because of our human desires, fanned by Satan, we take our focus away from the truth and are deceived by Satan, and we succumb to his wiles, and we position ourselves to be destroyed! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE…. Resist Satan, Stay Focused on the Mission, Remember, IT IS NOT ABOUT US, BUT ABOUT THE CAUSE OF CHRIST! Satan WILL DECEIVE! Satan WILL DESTROY! His job, his purpose, is to dilute, confuse and alter the truthful message of Christ! Please Be Careful… “because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!