some ideas on: satan

wrestling with the idea of satan

people argue all the time if the believe in God, or not. it seems like they forget that there is an opposing side.
"the greatest trick satan has accomplished is making people believe he doesn't exist."
he wants us to get caught up in meaningless things for meaningless reasons
he wants us to waste our time
he wants us to be self involved

i think one of the biggest faults is letting our guard down, ignoring the fact that he is there and then wondering why thing get so hard. we are not fighting the attacks, not being alert for when he strikes... and you better believe you are his target. we can not forget that satan is lurking around every corner, waiting for us to give him an opening where he can climb into our lives and mess them up, not that i don't do a fair share of maessing up on my own. i am not saying all our sin is satans fault. i am saying it is his desire to see us hurt, to see us struggle so he makes our already difficult lives, due to sin and our own selfish desires, even more difficult by tempting us, whisperingin our ears "you don't need to pray today", "you are ugly, fat, unsuccessful"... he tears people down and tears them apart.

satan is always ready to attack, how come we are not alway ready to fight back?

i am still wrestling with some of these ideas, just had to get this down before i lost it... :o/