Be alert

I James 5:8-9

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.  Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

With trick or treating this past week, these verses came to mind for me with how today’s world is a scary place.  We are constantly surrounded by a roaring lion that is looking for someone to devour.  The worst part, that roaring lion can often be disguised as something not at all scary.  Halloween we saw lots of kids dressed all sweet and innocent and yet that was a real cover up for them and then there were other kids that are very sweet and shy that may have dressed up as something super scary. 

We are warned to be alert and of sober mind.  It seems this is something that many find harder to do these days as well as they are trying to cover up something in their lives that they simply don’t want to face. 

Today I just want to give a gentle reminder that we all need to be aware of what is going on around us, be alert and be of sober mind so that we do not fall prey to the roaring lion that may be dressed as a cute kitty cat.