Is satan at your back door?

We always use our back door for those special to us, those friends who know they can come on in the back door yelling out,"Hello guys,is anyone home?"I have friends who are like family to me, and we always enter in the back door so to speak. Now, we know those who love us are a blessing to us in more ways than we could ever put into words.We cherish them coming in the back door and are excited to hear their voices. But what about satan? Do we allow him into our back door without even knowing? Yes, we do. As we have those around us blessing us, we too have attacks from satan coming right in our back door, the door we use for love,he uses for his purposes. He can sneak right in without making a sound. Once he is in he will do all he can in our daily movements to bring us down and move us away from our Lord Jesus. Satan is full of tricks, lies and deceptions. He tells us this one drink wont hurt you, this one pill will make you feel much better, this movie is one everyone is seeing, you should come also. He tells us to be angry, don't let go of our anger, and we can begin to think all is against us, no one understands me, its just one word,is it really that bad to say? We can find ourselves into so much denial, that we soon think we are right on just about everything, and those around us are wrong. We can begin to take what is meant for love,into hurt by letting our feelings get the best of us. We begin to allow our feelings to overtake our faith. Our feeling change so much, and we can begin to make excuses for our feelings and our attitudes. We tend to begin blaming all others on our trials and hurts. We can even sit in the pews at church and start thinking,these folks here are not really my family, they gossip about me, they dont really like me and why am I not involved in more things like Jan is? Satan can get our minds set on our pain, and give in to the pain instead of trying to overcome. I once sat under a wise preacher who does not have a television in their home. Do not misunderstand me, and think I am telling you not to have a television. But this pastor chose not to. He was convicted of not allowing trash into his home. He knew that if just a little came in, more and more would soon follow and it happens when our eyes are closed or open. We took a stand and said no more rated R movies in our home, so we went to PG 13, and still yet were there things wrong and not bringing glory to God. We can even now bring in a PG film, and it will still take God's name in vain. It can be books, movies, magazines,and not to stop there, we can add our thoughts, our fears, are anxieties,the computers, our telephones, our test messages. I could keep going on the things that can bring satan right in our back door, and attack all we believe in and all we trust to know is true.He can attack not only from those who do not follow the lord, but other christians as well. If we do not keep our eyes open fully to God's word daily, he can sneak in an use his plan of attack. He knows all we struggle with already, he knows our faults, our desires and the good we want to live out for the Lord. He can be so deceiving he can change all those good and beautiful things God created for His glory into sinful lusts, desires of the flesh, and all the temptations that follow if we are not careful. We must now learn to keep that back door locked at all times. We must first see through the peep hole of who is there knocking. We must not allow our back door to swing open any longer without first knowing who is there. For all the beauty and all the good in this world, there is just the same lies, hate, deception, and ugliness that comes along in broad daylight and can sting like a wasp,and all it did was come in from the back door. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the ruleers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."Ephesians 6:12 Here in God's word He tells us what we fight against, what we should be on the lookout for. He doesn't leave us empty handed. He gives us warning and also gives us His wisdom on what we should do. "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil."Ephesians 6:11 and then again in verse 13 it says,"Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand".There is evil all around us, and it can come in the night, the day, but when it comes if we are not ready we too can fall into the darkness of the pit that it leaves us. Be ready, be watchful, and be careful who and what you let come in your back door...