The picture of Satan that is here is just someone's drawing of what he looks like. We know that the Bible teaches he is dark and evil. Just as Adam and Eve were deceived in the Garden of Eden, we are all just as likely to fall for his ways. You see the devil uses people to entice us away from the Lord's work. Maybe it is the promise of a successful career, financial gain, a coveted position, or any number of seemingly harmless things. Oooh ...but this is where it gets hard. Do you take that attractive offer or do you go back to the feet of Jesus to find your way.
Satan will get at us when we are most vulnerable or the weakest. Never will he try to cause us to stumble when we are strong in the Lord. He knows at that time he is defeated. No he waits...he is like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
I am so THANKFUL that when I feel so very weak, my Saviour reaches down and pulls me away from the clutches of Satan's hands. He reminds me that I am His and that He knows what is best for me. He shows His great love for me, and if I WILL CHOOSE to listen to Him, I will find the right way. But woe unto me if I chose the temptation that lies so beautiful before me. There are consequences to those choices that I may not see until I am deep within the pit of despair.
My prayer today is for the Lord to keep me humble, whatever it takes, and that I will see myself clearly through the eyes of Jesus. That is the only place for perfect peace. I NEED to stay close to the Lord because at some point down the road I could be "Almost Persuaded."
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