Be Alert and Sober-Minded, and Pray

As the world grows harsher, people lose the strength to endure. When hardship comes, some hide behind their troubles, and others choose to take their own lives. Job lost his children, his wealth and his health all at once and begged to die, and Elijah, too, faced with Jezebel’s threats, prayed that God would take his life.

Such suffering is Satan’s way of shaking people’s emotions to thwart God’s plan of life. Yet even when his wife turned on him with bitter words, Job did not sin with his lips, and when Elijah was worn out, God sent an angel to touch him and restore him with bread and water. Jesus calmly walked through the crowd that meant to push him off a cliff. In the same way, darkness can never overcome the light.

The way to overcome Satan’s attacks is to stay alert, keep a sober mind and pray. God does not hand over those he loves to Satan, and he turns even a curse into a blessing. Those who lay their heavy burdens on Jesus Christ and endure will find that this road is not an end but leads on to another beginning.