Barking Blind

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

Recently I was staying at a home near the place where I was preaching for the week.  The couple I stayed with had two dogs.  One was a young dachshund, running and full of life.  The other was an old dachshund slow and tired.  And blind.

I walked past the pen where the old dog lived at least twice every day.  He always barked but he never looked in my direction.  He was barking blind.  It was all he knew to do.  Just because he was blind didn’t mean he couldn’t bark. 

Sometimes we have to bark blind.  When we can’t see the enemy...but we know he’s there.  The Devil is good at what he does.  He is the tempter, the adversary, a liar, a deceiver, and given the opportunity he will devour us, our homes, and families…and everything we value. 

All that old, blind dog could do was bark.   

…If you know something is wrong…  It doesn’t feel right…  Speak up.  Stand up.  Just because you can’t see the Devil doesn’t mean you can’t sense his awful presence.

Do what you can with what you have.  You may think you're too old.  You may think you're too young.  You may think no one will listen to you.  You may be the only one barking...Bark anyway.   M