Satan the Dog

I think one could say that Satan could be described as a dog. I wonder how many know that Satan has a bark much worse than his bite. His aim is to try and scare and intimidate us by what he tells us, his aim is that we would lose our purpose given to us by our heavenly father, the sad thing is that if we aren't properly prepared he can succeed.

 The bible says in John 10.10 that the thief comes to kill, steal and destroy.

 So its important with this type of enemy to be prepared. And its down ultimately to how we protect ourselves with scripture that will determine if Satan can act as a huge scary dog or a small inconvenience that nibbles at our ankles.

For me I see Satan as the small inconvenience. Its almost in life sometimes that I can actually feel him following me around trying to nibble at my ankles, trying to feed me his lies. The funny thing to note here is that Satan in most cases is a follower, not a facer. I haven't heard of any times that Satan has attacked from the front. So one could say that he is constantly behind you.

Sometimes when Satan barks from behind it can seem as if the noise if coming from a huge scary dog that is ready to consume you when in fact its most likely the small annoying dog with a big mouth. So when we turn around and face him, we can see Satan for what he really is, a small inconvenience.

We have been given authority to address situations like this regardless of the size of the dog thats following you. The bible is our fathers word, his voice, his authority. Satan like any other dog knows his masters voice. So when he comes to bark at us quote some Psalm 91 to him, quote some Isaiah 54.17, tell him where to go in Jesus name. Satan like most other dogs is hard of hearing so when he comes back for more, have the masters voice ready to give him some more.