I have three bird feeders in my back yard. My wife reminds me that I spend a lot of
money on those birds. I tell her that I
don’t have a dog; I don’t have a cat; I have wild birds. And they give me pleasure to watch. Often I find a clump of feathers indicating
that I am not the only one who has been watching the birds. A neighborhood cat has been at work and
killed one of my birds. So I conduct an
FBI investigation and analyze the crime scene.
Usually, it’s one of two types of feathers: Blue jay or dove. But why only those two types? I never find cardinal feathers. I never find sparrow feathers. I never find woodpecker or wren or starling
or blackbird feathers. Why only Blue jay
or dove feathers. Interesting. I have determined that Blue jays get caught
because they are over-confident and become careless. And doves get caught because, well, they are
stupid. Hey, does that sound
familiar? Are we humans like those birds
in our struggle against Satan? The
apostle Peter warned in I Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour.” We must be on guard against
Satan because he is slinking about looking for an easy target. Satan is looking for over-confident people
and for stupid people. Make no mistake,
Satan and his minions are real! Don’t
fall prey to him! Don’t be careless or
stupid like Blue jays or doves. Be
serious. Be vigilant. Be on the look-out for Satan! Trust in God and in His Word, and … see you
in church this Sunday for your training session.
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