We would be wise to better understand WHO our #1 adversary truly is in this world

Satan was created by God and became the head of a kingdom of evil spirits after he challenged God’s authority.

Isaiah 14:12-14 says,

“How you are fallen from heaven,
    O shining star, son of the morning!
You have been thrown down to the earth,
    you who destroyed the nations of the world.
For you said to yourself,
    I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
    far away in the north.
I will climb to the highest heavens
    and be like the Most High.”

Jesus says in John 12:31,

“Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.”

Even though our adversary the devil has been allowed to wreak havoc in our lives … it’s imperative to recognize it is temporary (in relation to eternity), and that God will use everything for our good.

2 Peter 3:9-13 says,

“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames. But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.”

When we choose to view our current circumstances from God’s perspective & His timing … we can expect to experience a sense of supernatural peace knowing that He’s got both the short-term as well as our eternity literally in His hands!!