My Daily Devotional

Our Battle with Satan

“Be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
1st Peter 5:8-9

Since becoming a Christian I am becoming more aware of the continual battle we face each day against Satan, the most persistent and intimidating enemy we will ever face. I have found that any time our defenses are down that he is ready to pounce and invade our minds, create doubt and bring fear into our life. Satan is not an enemy of flesh and blood, but rather a spirit being, and affects our minds and our thoughts which ultimately affect our actions. His sole arsenal of weapons is to cause havoc and confusion in our lives which gets us off the path that God has for our life. Usually we are most vulnerable when there is doubt and fear in our minds and the path is not well lighted for us to follow. Satan wants to discourage us and make us believe that we will never be successful, and that we will always be a failure. We need to remember that we are not alone in our battle against Satan as he is attacking all those around us, including our government, our justice system and all authority that governs us. He is a powerful enemy that must be resisted. God gives us the only way to do battle against Satan in Ephesians Chapter 6, “Finally be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 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.” There is only one defense against Satan and that is to use God as our weapon against him.