The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 ESV
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 ESV
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 ESV
The devil is anywhere and everywhere but only through his demons not by his power alone. Unlike God, the devil cannot be everywhere and anywhere, he is limited in where he can go alone.
The devil will use anything in his limited power to derail us from what God has for us. he wants that verse above to come true that we are stolen from, killed, and destroyed. he wants to be devoured and wants his schemes to come to life.
The devil will do anything he has to keep you from God. This includes the hurry, do not delay, joy, and gladness we have been talking about according to Psalm 70.
The devil even tried to tempt Jesus.
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. Luke 4:2 ESV
No one was immune to the devil and his schemes to get us farther away from God, to derail us from our relationship with God, and to steal, kill, and destroy us.
The devil loves company, the devil loves misery, the devil loves sadness, and loves the opposite of everything God loves. God loves company but not like the devil does, the kind of company the devi likes is one of sadness and misery not one of joy and gladness like God.
Continued tomorrow...
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