Be Watchful

KC and the Chicks

 "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8).

Does this look a little too close for comfort?  I wouldn't exactly call KC a "roaring lion."  She's an indoor cat and is way too lazy and timid to chase anything.  Or is she? These little chicks don't appear to be afraid, but they are always watchful.

On the night Jesus was betrayed, He went to the garden to pray.  He told His disciples, "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”  His disciples could not stay awake.  God knows our weakness, and so He tells us repeatedly in His Word to be watchful:

• watchful for His answers to our prayers
• watchful for opportunities to share the Gospel
• watchful for temptations and Satan's deceits
• watchful for Christ's return

We need God's strength to "stay awake" and be watchful.  We receive His strength by studying His Word and praying.

"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful" (Colossians 4:2).