On Guard

Its a fight, beloved! It's a battle. The enemy of our soul just needs a little time of compromise to get close enough to strike us some mortal blow below the belt. The unguarded moment is a grave danager. Just one moment in unguarded danger can put anyone of us in our grave. Except for the mercy of God!

We as believers in Christ are in serious warfare. We had better be constantly on our guard, ready at all times to fight any attack of the Enemy, who is just waiting for our unguarded moment. That's why we need to stay very close to the Lord and be led by His Spirit in all we do. We cannot lean to our own understanding but in all our ways we must acknowledge Him, and then He will direct our paths.[Proverbs 3:5-6] If we don't stay close to the Lord, we are apt to fall into one of the Devil's traps.

Help us, Lord, to realise we are in a constant battle and we must keep on Thy whole armour day and night and never let our guard down. Keep us close to You, obedient, wise as serpents and yet harmless as doves, constantly in prayer, constantly dependent upon You, Lord, prayerful, careful and cautious. Help us to give You all the cooperation we can. Keep us in the hallowed protected center of Thy will. In Jesus' name we pray. 

From the Daily Might page 62.