Is the Devil Concerned With You?
He ought to be
10/12/20263 min read
Is the devil concerned with you? Maybe he ought to be.
If we are giving our lives to furthering the Kingdom of God, we should expect opposition. Not because we are the main character in some cosmic battle, but because following Jesus means stepping into a fight against sin, darkness, and everything that pulls people away from Him. Scripture tells us to be alert, to stand firm, and to put on the full armor of God. This is not a game. There is a real battle for our hearts, our attention, and the mission God has placed before us.
Now, some might say, “My life is great. Things are going well. I feel closer to God than ever.” And to that, I’d first say, I’m happy for you. Truly. But second, I’d say, don’t get too comfortable.
We tend to think of spiritual opposition as something dramatic. Temptation, suffering, a crisis of faith, some obvious attack. But what if it’s often much quieter than that? What if it looks like comfort? Distraction? A life so consumed with good things that we never get around to the things God has actually called us to do? What if the goal isn’t always to make us fall flat on our faces, but simply to keep us sitting still?
A Christian who is distracted, complacent, and content to keep their faith to themselves can do very little to advance the Kingdom. They may still be saved. They may still attend church, read their Bible, and live a relatively good life. But they’ve stopped moving. They’ve stopped risking. They’ve stopped asking what obedience might actually cost them.
And I know this because I fall into it myself.
It’s easy to settle into a comfortable routine, convince ourselves we’re doing just fine, and forget that we were never called to simply preserve our own peace. We were called to love sacrificially, serve boldly, make disciples, and take the gospel into the places where it is desperately needed. Comfort is not inherently sinful, and seasons of rest are good. But when comfort becomes the thing we protect at the expense of obedience, something has gone wrong.
We would be fools to ignore the Bible’s warnings about the devil, spiritual warfare, and the schemes that seek to undermine our faith (Ephesians 6:11–12; 1 Peter 5:8). But we must be just as careful not to give him credit for every inconvenience or assume every comfortable season is a trap. The question is not whether life feels difficult. The question is whether we are being faithful with what God has put in front of us.
Are we using our gifts? Are we taking the risks obedience requires? Are we loving the people around us well? Are we speaking the truth when it costs us something? Are we building the things God has called us to build, or are we waiting for a more convenient time?
It should be a shame to reach heaven well-rested because we spent our lives avoiding the work God gave us to do.
Not because we earn our salvation through exhaustion. Not because rest is weakness. But because we were given a life, gifts, time, resources, and opportunities for a reason. We are stewards of all of it. One day, we will give an account of what we did with what we were given.
So don't confuse a comfortable life with a faithful one. Don't let fear disguise itself as wisdom or complacency disguise itself as contentment. Don't wait until you feel qualified, until the timing is perfect, or until obedience becomes convenient.
Stay alert. Stay faithful. Rest when you need to, but don't spend your life sitting on the sidelines.
Get after it. The Kingdom is worth your life.