Vigilance

1Peter 5:8
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Driving late at night on an interstate is difficult for me. The difficulty comes not from the traffic (because their isn't any), but rather from the boredom. I can't see the passing landscape due to the darkness and the driving itself is easy with no traffic. So, I start to drift off paying little if any attention to the road. Then, out of nowhere, a deer is in my lane!

For the most part, life is pretty easy going. Yes, we have our schedules to keep, but the major challenges we face are few. So, life gets kind of routine, normal, even boring. We drift off. Then, out of nowhere, we are faced with a devil of a problem!

Let us not let boredom lull us into a false sense of security. Let us stay vigilant, self-controlled, and alert, because danger may loom just around the next corner.

Stay alert!
Lon