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1 Peter 5:8 - Stay Alert!

1 Peter 5:8 (NLT) Stay alert! Watch out for 
your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around 
like a roaring lion, looking for someone to 
devour.  

1 Peter 5:8 (NIV) Be alert and of sober 
mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a 
roaring lion looking for someone to devour.  

COMMENTARY

   About ten o'clock one night, my kids came 
to tell me that our dog was freaking out 
outside. "Daddy! We think Sadie has caught something 
in the back yard!" Hmm, maybe a cat? I thought 
and smiled to myself. 
   Now you may not know this about me, but 
cats don't like me (probably because I rarely 
have anything nice to say about them). And 
besides, Scripture says that the devil roams around 
like a lion - linking him directly to the cat 
family. So the thought of our dog treeing a cat 
brought a little spark of joy to my otherwise quiet 
evening. 
   "I'll go check on her," I said, 
reassuring them. 
   Arming myself with my nunchucks and my 
iPhone flashlight, I headed out for 
search-and-destroy maneuvers. Once I had assessed the 
situation, sure enough, Sadie had treed not our 
neighbor's housecat - but a bobcat! 
   Fortunately, my ninja training kicked in, 
and before I even realized what was happening, I 
was back inside my house, with the doors locked 
and the blinds closed and all the lights on. 
Then I remembered that Sadie was still out there. 
Thankfully she survived and lived to hunt wild cats 
another day. 
   It's funny now, and maybe I'm 
exaggerating (just a little). But what's real is the fear 
I felt in that moment with that beast snarling 
at me. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE AN 
ENEMY EVERY BIT AS REAL AND LETHAL AS ANY WILD 
ANIMAL. IF WE'RE NOT ARMED WITH PRAYER AND GOD'S 
WORD, THEN WE LEAVE OURSELVES OPEN TO A MAJOR 
ATTACK. 
   Never let down your guard spiritually. Be 
alert. 
   Lord, help me to take the Enemy seriously 
and to remain alert for his snares. Protect me 
so that I may continue to serve you and grow in 
my faith. [Daily Power by Craig Groeschel] 

   A woman said to me once: "I think you are 
giving too much credit to the Devil. He is such an 
insignificant person compared to God that we ought not 
even mention his name." In one way I can 
sympathize with this view, for when you listen to some 
Christians talk, you get the impression that they have 
a small God and a big devil.  
   It would be unrealistic to think, 
however, that we can go through life without coming 
into direct contact with Satan and his forces. 
What is even more unrealistic is to think that 
many (though certainly not all) of the problems 
which confront us day by day have no devilish 
strategy behind them.  
   Satan is responsible for more of our 
individual woes and international wars, our crime and 
violence, our human sorrow, sickness, and death than 
we may believe. The late Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 
said: "I am certain that one of the main causes of 
the ill state of the church today is the fact 
that the Devil is being forgotten  We are 
ignorant of this great objective fact - the being, 
the existence of the devil, the adversary, the 
accuser, and his fiery darts."  
   Does the thought of doing battle with the 
Devil frighten you? Then heed the words of Corrie 
ten Boom, who said: "THE FEAR OF THE DEVIL IS 
MOST LIKELY FROM THE DEVIL HIMSELF." GOD HAS 
GIVEN US ALL THE PROTECTION WE NEED TO DEFEND 
OURSELVES AGAINST THE ATTACKS OF SATAN, AND WHEN WE 
KNOW HOW TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF THIS PROTECTION, 
WE WILL NO LONGER BE AFRAID OF THE DEVIL. 
RATHER, HE WILL BE AFRAID OF US. [Every Day With 
Jesus Bible with Selwyn Hughes devotional] 

LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS PASSAGE


https://archives.adventistworld.org/2013/april/facing-the-roaring-lion.html 

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YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs FGGibbs@abible.com