Peace Robber
By Karen D’Amore
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
1 Peter 5:8
By Karen D’Amore
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
1 Peter 5:8
BELIEVER’S MOST UN-WANTED: LUCIFER
Aliases: Satan, Devil, Destroyer, Father of Lies, Prince of this World, Angel of Light
Description: Alters appearance through the use of disguises
Location: Roaming about the earth
Occupation: Thief
Weapons: Fear and lies
Remarks: Working to overthrow the kingdom of God, his strategy is to destroy anything that has to do with God. He is a vicious and ferocious enemy. He is a master con artist. An avid hunter and fisherman, he uses only prime bait.
Caution: Consider him armed and extremely dangerous. DO NOT attempt to apprehend. RESIST him and he will flee from you.
** RESIST HIM TO CLAIM ETERNAL REWARDS**
I’ve been robbed! Caught off-guard, I never saw my attacker coming! He was quick, slick and tricky! He started with a mind-game by diverting my thoughts from the truth. A truth-tainted mind perpetuated an anxious heart, moving me to doubt God’s faithfulness. Anxiousness magnified looming uncertainties, leaving me strangled by hopelessness. Using consuming circumstances as a distraction, Satan stole my focus from God, crammed my mind with lies and robbed me of my peace.
Isaiah 26:3 declares, “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You.” As Christ-followers, we are called to focus on the Lord and His mighty promises. Satan will derail our peace by deferring our thoughts to the immensity and intensity of our circumstances. With our thoughts diverted from the truth, we become vulnerable to Satan’s weapons of unbelief, doubt and fear. As we succumb to the fiery darts of unbelief…our faith weakens. With weakened faith, we become prime victims for the enemy to rob.
Jesus assures us, “…my peace I give you” (John 14:27). What the Lord gives is rightfully ours! But beware! Satan, the “Peace Robber,” hates for us to be at peace with God. He will stop at nothing to steal it from us. He will infiltrate our lives, homes, jobs, relationships and even our ministries in order to steal our peace.
Are you a victim of the “Peace Robber”? Be ready and alert and savvy to his devices. He is at the top of the believer’s most Un-Wanted list. RESIST him and he will flee from you.
GOING DEEPER:
1. What are you facing that makes you vulnerable to the attacker? Identify your areas of vulnerability and be armed and ready to defeat your enemy.
FURTHER READING:
Romans 15:13; 2 Corinthians 2:11; Ephesians 4:27; James 4:7
Married to Dan, Karen, a retired police officer, currently works as a Manicurist at Craig Berns Salon. She’s a leader for Oakwood’s Tuesday a.m. Bible Study and a volunteer at the Wildlife In Need Center.
