DEVOUR
Today's reading: 1 Peter 1-5

"Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour." 1 Peter 5:8 NLT

Devour- to drink down, to swallow down; to swallow up, to destroy; to use up or destroy.

Some days I feel like the mouse a housecat has found and plays with...

Some days I allow the enemy to walk along beside me, like a pet...

Some days the enemy jumps out from around a corner and scares me to death...

Some days I 'put the enemy on a leash', allowing it a short romp about my mind...

Some days I barely get the cage door shut as the enemy lunges at me...

Every day he is out to destroy me.

Every action of his is in an attempt to suck the life, hope and peace out of me.

Every move he makes is in an effort to knock me down so he can kill my soul.

So I have to be careful. I have to be diligent in watching for him. I have to be consistent in keeping him at bay.

He isn't looking for me in order that he might help me in some way...he is out to take my life!