[March 13]
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
are not ignorant of his devices. II Corinthians 2:11
SATAN, the Adversary of the church, is strong
and lion-like, vigilant and fully awake. As the Apostle
Paul declares, he seeks to use every opportunity
against us. He lies in wait, seeking to devour us. Although
he is alert, he never approaches us with a roar,
but creeps stealthily upon us in some unlooked for
place or time, to devour us, to overcome us, to crush
out our spiritual life, and particularly to destroy our
faith in God. As those whose ears are trained to detect
the footfalls of the lion will hear his steps, while those
who are unfamiliar with his habits will not hear the
slightest sound, so may we, whose ears the Lord has
opened, and whose eyes have been anointed with the
eyesalve of consecration and submission to the Lord's
will, be of quick perception to recognize the approach
of our archenemy and to resist him. Let us stand,
clad in the full armor which the Word of God supplies,
and in his strength wielding the sword of the Spirit.
Z'13-54 R5183:6(Hymn 183)