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Shrike System


 


Read:  Ephesians 6:10-18


 

 

Be sober, be diligent; because your adversary the devil walks about like a
roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. - 1 Peter 5:8

 

 

The ancient sport of falconry used trained hawks or falcons in the pursuit
of wild game.  When the "educated predator" was allowed to fly, however, it
often rose too high for human eyes to see.  So a hunter often carried a
small caged bird called a shrike.  By watching the antics of the little
bird, the man could always tell where the hawk was, for the shrike
instinctively feared the predator and cocked its head to keep it in view.

 

Christians desperately need an alert perception similar to that of the
shrike to detect their spiritual enemy.  Our adversary, Satan, "walks about
like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8).  Our
responsibility, according to the apostle Peter, is to be sober and vigilant.
In other words, we're to be always on the alert.

 

It would be nice if God had giant sirens to warn us of an attack by the
devil.  But He doesn't operate that way.  Instead, we must read the Bible
regularly, meditate on its truth, maintain a prayerful attitude throughout
the day, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Only then will we be sensitive
to and imminent assault by the evil one, and be armed by grace to meet it.

 

Is your spiritual "shrike system" working?  - Mart De Haan

 

The devil is clever, deceiving us all,

He cunningly causes the strongest to fail;

But we his sly methods are sure to discern

By making God's warnings our daily concern. - D.  De Haan

 

 

Thought for today he who is in you is greater than he who was in the world.
- 1 John 4:4

 

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