This morning I read an article about Satan. It was on MSNBC.com. It was talking about various enterprises capitalizing on Satan and his 666 date. Most of the article is just a piece of fluff but one line caught my eye in particular.
"Because as of June 6, 2006, Satan is officially lame, ruined by advertising."
Now, it doesn't bother me that Satan is a topic among mass media. He practically runs it anyway, so its only fair he should get a little press coverage out of it. What does get my spider senses tingling is the way a secular world portrays him.
He's mentioned in movies, books, rock bands, cartoons, and every other venue he can get his crafty little fingers into. He's portrayed as a likeable kind of guy. A cute little guy tempting you with cutsy wootsy "little" sins as he sits on your shoulder. Or there's the time he was portrayed as a beautiful woman clad in skimpy outfits and granting every one of your seven wishes.
He's mentioned in movies, books, rock bands, cartoons, and every other venue he can get his crafty little fingers into. He's portrayed as a likeable kind of guy. A cute little guy tempting you with cutsy wootsy "little" sins as he sits on your shoulder. Or there's the time he was portrayed as a beautiful woman clad in skimpy outfits and granting every one of your seven wishes.
He's a common household name. And common everyday things loose some of their intimidation the more you use them. Take bleach for example. As a little girl I couldn't touch it. Don't grab the bottle, don't even think about opening it. Nowadays, I use it to clean everything in my house. What happened? How did I go from "don't even think about it" to using it on a regular basis? The answer? I got used to it. I used it in little doses as I got older till using it became second nature.
Here's my point. Satan is DANGEROUS. There's a reason God kicked him out of heaven. He is brilliant, cunning, evil, and absolutely determined to make my life a living hell. Especially if I'm bucking his system and living a life to glorify my God. I don't take Satan lightly. He's my enemy. And he'd ruin my life if God would let him. But the thing is, God LETS him do things. For all the power he seems to have in this world, his power is granted from the God I love and adore. It kind of puts things into perspective for me when he's trying to make things difficult in my life. But I just don't think he is a threat that we as a society should be taking so lightly.
2 comments:
i love it when the Lord uses satan against himself. He lets the enemy of God come against His children, and we suffer, but then we learn, give God the glory, and satan gets trumped yet again.
i saw an article today about the government changing the wording of the 10 Commandments. overlooking the fact that we are not even under the law anymore... how cool is it that Jesus, God, the Word, even the enemy of God are all over the news these days???
Ephesians 2:2
Satan is the prince of this world.
Romans 8:35-39
Nothing can separate a Christian from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I Corinthians 10:13
God will not allow a Believer to be tempted more or above than what he or she is able.
Philippians 3
Paul exhorts Christians to press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, so that a Christian may conform to the very image of Jesus.
Romans 12:2
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