Peter said the Devil was like a roaring lion prowling around seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). He’s watching us all the time, looking
for our weakest moments, but do we expect him to leap on us and force us to do what we don’t want to. Flip Wilson made a living with his humorous skits where his character always said “The Devil made me do it.” In my experience, we usually succumb to temptation because, as described in James 1:13-15, we hang around situations or people who will influence to give in.
C.S. Lewis, in the novel That Hideous Strength described what how the roaring lion captured his character Mark. His words of wisdom are worth considering.
“This was the first thing Mark had been asked to do which he himself, before he did it, clearly knew to be criminal. But the moment of his consent almost escaped his notice; certainly, there was no struggle, no sense of turning a corner. There may have been a time in the world’s history when such moments fully revealed their gravity, with witches prophesying on a blasted heath or visible Rubicons to be crossed. But, for him, it all slipped past in a chatter of laughter, of that intimate laughter between fellow professionals, which of all earthly powers is strongest to make men do very bad things before they are yet, individually, very bad men.”
(Thanks to Biblegateway.com for sending C.S. Lewis’ words to me.
for our weakest moments, but do we expect him to leap on us and force us to do what we don’t want to. Flip Wilson made a living with his humorous skits where his character always said “The Devil made me do it.” In my experience, we usually succumb to temptation because, as described in James 1:13-15, we hang around situations or people who will influence to give in.
C.S. Lewis, in the novel That Hideous Strength described what how the roaring lion captured his character Mark. His words of wisdom are worth considering.
“This was the first thing Mark had been asked to do which he himself, before he did it, clearly knew to be criminal. But the moment of his consent almost escaped his notice; certainly, there was no struggle, no sense of turning a corner. There may have been a time in the world’s history when such moments fully revealed their gravity, with witches prophesying on a blasted heath or visible Rubicons to be crossed. But, for him, it all slipped past in a chatter of laughter, of that intimate laughter between fellow professionals, which of all earthly powers is strongest to make men do very bad things before they are yet, individually, very bad men.”
(Thanks to Biblegateway.com for sending C.S. Lewis’ words to me.