The devil HATES you!

"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1Peter 5:8

Brian and I were at a marriage conference this weekend, and of all things this was my take-away message. I always knew the devil wasn't for me but this time something clicked. 

"You mean the guy I've been buddies with all this time actually HATES me??"  I know the devil is not for me.  But I never really understood that he HATES me and is trying to kill me.  He's prowling around waiting for someone to pounce on and I have been a stinking sitting duck!  But he's really good at his tricks and makes me think he isn't such a bad guy.  That's why I side with him.  That's why I believe his lies.  That's why I don't read my bible or pray that God would change me and bring His power into my life and my family.

So to realize that this guy I've been buddies with all these years, believing his lies that I'm not good enough, is actually my mortal enemy who is trying to murder me by separating me from the true lover of my soul -- I'm furious.  He HATES me?  How dare he! We've been friends for so long!  That's how it feels, like discovering that a friend that I've known for years never really liked me and is trying their best to sabotage all my best efforts.  And not only that, to murder me!  I've been deceived.  But no more...at least not in this season any longer.

I choose the Lord.  My comforter, my strength, my hope, my salvation.  He is the LOVER of my soul and is always for me.

I'm praying that today you see the devil for who he really is.