Gnats

"Get out of here, satan." Matthew 4:10I sat in our parked car near a marsh in St. Augustine, Florida, while my husband competed in a skeet shoot.These minuscule  insects have other names: no-see-ums or sand fleas, but whatever they are called, their bite was more than annoying.  They would nibble me and I would swat  them, killing some and brushing others away.  They bit through my hair and under my clothes, relentless in their attack. The pattern was a bite, the area would itch, I would scratch it, then that area would hurt from scratching so much. The only hope I had was to apply gnat repellent before I was attacked again. It worked remarkably well, keeping the annoying insects at bay.

The gnats remind me of satan, the advisory of God.  He also has two other names, as we learn in the book of the Bible called Revelation. He is called the dragon and the beast. He will send his demons to bite us, with sin.  When the sin gnats bite with obvious evil, we may swat at them and knock some out.  Their bite, however, once it penetrates, may give us an itch- perhaps for immorality, greed, or self centeredness. We may scratch that itch with wrong actions which can give us a puffed  up ego, an attitude of dishonesty or self centeredness, or a heart to worship false idols. Eventually, we will hurt, just as my gnat bites hurt. Thankfully, God has given us a sin gnat repellant, and that is the armor of God. Theses pieces- helmet, breastplate, belt, shoes, sword, shield- are very effective for keeping satan and his fiery arrows of sin away from us.

Lets remember to put on our armor each morning, just as we would remember to apply gnat repellent, to keep adversaries away.  God has given us the equipment; it is up to us to use it. 

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