Predators and Preventive Protection

Predators come in all shapes and sizes.  Some are human, some are animal and some are spiritual.

Regardless of what they look like or who they might be, all predators hunt and stalk the victim for the sole purpose of maiming, destroying or killing.

As children we were taught about 'Stranger Danger' and as Believer's we are warned against another type of Adversary.  An Adversary that wants nothing more than to maim, destroy or kill the testimonies of those who are in Christ Jesus.

Human predators don't always have to be strangers.  Often times the wounded Christian soldier is wounded in the battle by other brethren.  Casualties caused by 'friendly fire' that maimed a brother or sister in Christ just enough to prevent them from finishing The Race.

Then there are the animal predators; the 'survival of the fittest,' or the lowest on the food chain.  The other day, the rabbit that had lived under our garden shed for years finally met its predator and did not survive.  The feral cat was faster than the rabbit.

And then there is the Spiritual, our Adversary.

"Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down it." Job 1:6-7

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" 1 Peter 5:8

I dare say, that sometimes, we to, can be our own worst enemy.  How so?

-By not praying and reading God's Word-

-By not putting our Armour on-

-By heeding false teachers-

-By placing ourselves in front of what tempts us the most-

So how can we protect ourselves from predators that seek to destroy us?

-Pray and read God's Word, daily-1 Thessalonians 5:17, Hebrews 4:12

-Put on the full Armour of God- Ephesians 6:10-18

-Heed wise counsel-Proverbs 27:9

-Abstain from worldly lusts-James 1:13-16, 1 Thessalonians 5:22

There will always be predators...

    But we have protection and victory in Christ Jesus...

          But that's just me!

"Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones."

Charles Spurgeon