The Unstoppable Christian

The Unstoppable Christian
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:11-12
I heard a story this week about a lion in the Serengeti who was just standing there looking awesome when he spots a lizard approaching him. The lion just stands there and looks at him as he approaches. The lizard never wavers from his line of walking which goes right through where the lion is standing. The lion never moves, just stares at the lizard. The lizard gets right up to him and looks up like “are you going to move or what?” When the lion doesn’t move the lizard begins to crawl right up the lion’s leg and up on his back and when he gets toward the end of his back, he looks back as if to say, “What are you going to do about it?” The whole scene is kind of hilarious because here’s the king of the jungle just watching as the lizard walks all over him. The lizard crawls down his hind legs & carries on the same line he had wanted to travel. Now, what the lion knew & I didn’t know was that this lizard has poison spikes all over his back & if the lion had swatted him or tried to eat him the poison would have killed the lion.
I immediately thought the lion knows who he can eat and who he can’t. This is just like the devil. He knows whom he can devour and who he can’t. How does the devil know? Then I begin to think about how people hunt coyotes. They make these wounded rabbit sounds. To the coyote this sounds like lunch to him. Then I begin to think that is how the devil knows whom he can devour and who he can’t. Many Christians sound just like these wounded rabbits. The Christian whines, complains, murmurs, gossips and sounds just like a wounded rabbit. Here comes the devil to devour.
Satan walks around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. He can’t devour just anybody. It’s only those whom he can trick, deceive and manipulate. He makes a lot of noise but really has no power unless he can trick us or deceive us into giving him that power. The other scripture listed above says we are not to be ignorant of his schemes. We should know how the enemy operates and realize our battle is not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers. We should always cling to God who has all power and authority. We are safe in the arms of Jesus!
Consumed by the call,
Pastor Marty