Live Smarter

Quiscalus Mexicanus, otherwise known as Great-Tailed Grackles ... blackbirds.  In Quintana Roo, Mexico, they’re everywhere -- in trees, on the ground, roofs, the beach.  There in 2000, Mr. Bill and I watched a Great-Tailed Grackle with one clever, swift movement steal food from a lady’s plate.  She never saw it coming!

 

As I thought about the incident, I considered the clever-swift movements of another -- Satan.  He sits in calculated silence at times with target in sight.  It seems he waits patiently for just the right moment when we’re not paying attention.  A foolish move we often make is deciding we’re too busy to read & meditate on Scripture and pray.  Before we know it – we’ve been bombed, and never saw it coming!  Oh, but there is One more clever than all others, One all-wise, One eternally all-powerful and all-knowing.  Be assured, Satan never "pulls one over" on God ... God knows his strategy, his calculations, and his moves.  David knew this too: "Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me." (Psalm 119:98).  Don’t miss this -- "Wiser than my enemies."  The next time you’re tempted to skip that early meeting with The Father, consider if you want to be a victim or a conqueror that day.  Deliberately and diligently, seek The Father – be in His Presence – equip yourself with His Armor of wisdom and power … live smarter!