Mark Twain said, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” If you haven’t seen it yet go to You Tube and search for bulldog vs. bears. There you will see Jules, a twenty pound bulldog, chase two large bears out of its California yard.
When I was a little guy someone really frightened me with I Peter 5:8 which says, “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” I thought it would be hopeless to do battle with him. I knew he was a fallen angel but now he was described as a roaring lion. What could I do when he showed up?
We need to be careful when we talk to little people. It was years before I discovered Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” and verse 37, “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, . . . will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
While it would be foolish to be cocky in this battle for our souls, “If you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!” (I Corinthians 10:12) it is not necessary to be afraid. “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” 2 Kings 6:16
So let God be our bulldog. Satan is no match for us when God is on our side.
Written by Roger Bothwell on October 6, 2015
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