Don’t listen to Satan’s deceptions, but hold onto the truth of God’s Word. Don’t even let Satan near you through what you watch, or what you dwell on in your thoughts, or where you visit on a weekend night. Don’t even let Satan near you, because then he’ll lunge.
Have you ever met a mountain lion?
Probably not. They tend to avoid people. But if they do go on the offensive, you’re in trouble. There’s little a human can do to resist the claws and teeth of a full-grown lion.
A mountain lion can inflict one kind of death. But there’s someone who can inflict a death that’s far worse: Satan. What’s he like?
Satan “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet 5:8). The devil is constantly on the hunt for souls that he can snatch from the Lord.
No wonder Jesus makes this a part of our daily prayer: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”