365 Devotionals: Vigilance

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
– 1 Peter 5:8 NKJV

When I was attending Alcoholics Anonymous there was a guy who said that the devil wasn’t on his back, he was outside doing push ups, getting ready while we sat around getting fat and lazy in our sobriety.

That stuck with me. I don’t live with a devil on my back and I’m not getting fat and lazy in my sobeiety. That’s in no small part to the knowledge that the devils are always getting stronger.