Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Morning Manna by Rufus Parker - 7 December 2021

 Caught Off Guard

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour(1 Peter 5:8)

 

Today’s Morsel:  Today on December 7, 1941, 70 years ago,the Empire of Japan attacked the United States Navy based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  The Japanese attack damaged 339 warplanes, 21 American ships, and took the lives of 2,403 people.  President Franklin Roosevelt would label it, “A date that will live in infamy.”  Many have asked how did this happen?  How were the Americans caught off guard?  There are many reports as to what happened. But no matter the reports, lives were lost because people were caught off guard and not prepared for the attack.  Peter tells us to be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.  We must not be unprepared; we must always be on the alert.  We must walk circumspectly and be vigilant.  Habakkuk states, I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.(Habakkuk 2:1-2)  We don’t run to lose, we run to win.  Stay on guard because your adversary is seeking whom he may devour.

 

Sing:  Fix your mind on the goal, that sweet home of the soul, there’s an eye watching you; never turn from the way to the kingdom of day, there’s an eye watching you.

Watching you, watching you, everyday mind the course you pursue; there’s an all-seeing eye watching you.

Thought For Today:  Don’t let Satan get the advantage over you. Stay alert.

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