Adversary

 

For some reason, there was a boy in my 9^th grade class who enjoyed bothering me.  Larry B. had social issues and today, we would call him a bully.  I don’t think that he had any friends.  But he took it upon himself to be my personal antagonist.  In geography class, I wrote to the Chinese embassy and got a four-color map of China by return mail.  I was thrilled and took my map to class.  Larry asked to see it, and I proudly handed the rolled-up map to him, which he promptly twisted and destroyed … all the while laughing.  I was crushed (worse than my map) and I still remember Larry’s evil laugh, sixty years later!  Hey, I have a worse adversary than Larry, and so do you!  Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Peter said 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.”  Satan is prowling about looking for any sign of weakness.  He wants to chew you up and spit you out!  The devil is your adversary, and your only hope is the power of the Lord Jesus Christ!  Hey, depend upon Jesus.  He will protect you from the wiles of the devil.  And Satan is way worse than Larry B.