WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Now when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from Him until an opportune time.
Luke 4:13 (NKJV)

Underneath I wrote -
Be ready - he comes again.

Again. The enemy comes again. At a time that works best for him, not me. He doesn't come when I am on my game. Nope, he comes when my game is compromised. Maybe after a victory. When that sense of pride and self-sufficiency comes in. When I forget Who was the source of that very victory. Maybe after a shocking blow. One that has knocked me to my knees. One that has shaken the very foundations of my faith. Maybe somewhere in the middle. Where I have just gotten lazy and comfortable. Where the battles seem easy. Where the road seems wide and level. The enemy doesn't care. I had better. I must be deliberate in keeping myself submitted Jesus, deliberate in keeping my armor on, and deliberate in fighting the good fight.
I don't fight, as Paul says, as "one who beats the air", but as one who has great hope because all though the enemy will come again, so will Jesus.

Revelation 19:11-16

(NKJV)

¹¹ Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. ¹² His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. ¹³ He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. ¹⁴ And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. ¹⁵ Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. ¹⁶ And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:

KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS.

And our deliverance will be most definitely be deliberate.