SATAN'S TRICKS
Today's reading: Job 1-2

"...And Satan answered the Lord, I have been going back and forth across the earth watching everything that's going on." Job 1:7 NLT

He's sneaky. He's conniving. Shady. Shifty. Sly. Devious.

Satan wanders this orb looking for opportune moments. Moments that will allow him a leg up, a doorway to walk through, a temptation to use, a precise moment to pounce.

And he's as good at it today as he was in Job's time.

For instance: Yesterday he tempted me sorely with sugar cookies not on my healthy eating plan for the year. He picked and picked at an old wound until it bled and I had to bandage it with a balm of forgiveness only God could offer me. He used an evening when I was pressed for time to bring about a few annoying detours. He worked and worked to push me to the edge of my last nerve and then allow me to dangle over a pit of crocodiles for a few moments during my day. He pushed buttons. He reminded me of a few things I had formerly given to God. He pushed. He cajoled. He mocked. He poked.

He seemed to be everywhere. He seemed to have his grubby, little germ-infested hands in everything I went about doing. He placed obstacles in my path. He encouraged me to vent when I should have kept my mouth shut. He would jeer and sneer. He spend alot of time reminding me of my failures.

He's sneaky. Think he's not?

And still, amidst the turmoil, chaos and inconveniences, God proved to be worthy of praise, loving to the utmost and filled to the top and running over with grace. So I'll go at it another day--with God beside me and satan behind me!