LOOKING FOR VICTIMS
Today's reading: Ezekiel 18-19, Hebrews 9:11-28, Proverbs 18:8-17

"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

No, today's verse is no where to be found within the listed verses...but it's where my heart is. I guess I'm a rebel like that--and God is good like that!

Let's get this little bit of information out in the open: The enemy hates us.

He is not for us.

He does not want to see us prosper.

He is not cheering us on, rooting for us or desiring that we succeed.

He is not interested in us living a life of joy, peace, love or even comfort.

He came to steal, kill and destroy.

That being said, he is always on the lookout for a victim.

A straggler.

A wounded sheep.

A lonely one.

A bruised individual.

Someone who is vulnerable.

Today, don't be his victim.

Yes, we can make that choice.

We can make sure we don't buy into his lies, allow him into our thoughts, let him string us down paths of doubt or corner us in a crowded room.

We can surround ourselves with praying friends, expose his lies to the light of God's truth and steer clear of his haunts--also knows as our tempting grounds.

Don't be a victim today.

And when tomorrow comes, repeat.