Blindspots

 

1 Peter 5:8 NIV

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

While driving the one thing I have to do before changing lanes is check for blind spots.  Cars have technology now in the side mirrors that will alert you to cars that are close to those blind spots, but I find that I have to physically turn my head and look.  Sure enough a car that does not appear in my mirror is zooming right beside me.  If I had not looked I might have switched lanes and ended up in a crash.  I thank God for His protection every time this happens because I know it was Him saving me.

The scenario with the car makes me think of spiritual implications.  The word tells us to be alert and sober minded because our enemy prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8).  So we have to check our blind spots, we have to be alert.  Do we have blind spots of pride or self-sufficiency?  Do we have blind spots of comparisons that weigh us down?  Or blind spots of complacency? What is sliding up beside us that we don’t see in our mirrors?  We have to ask God to examine our hearts and our thoughts. We have to get in the Word and let the Word get in us.  We have to be alert so that we can avoid the traps of the enemy.

Lord, thank You for being our defender.  We thank You for Your Holy Spirit that alerts us to danger.  Help us to look to You and check the blind spots in our lives turning them over to You.  Forgive us for our sins and let us walk with You.  In Jesus name we pray. Amen