Contrary to what you may have told your kids, monsters are real. They’re big and scary with sharp teeth ready to crush and devour you.
Speaking for exiled Jews 2,600 years ago, Jeremiah the prophet acknowledged, “Nebuchadrez’zar… swallowed me like a monster,” (Jeremiah 51.34 RSV). Satan is a ravenous “monster” eager to chew you up and gobble you down. As the apostle Peter cautioned, “Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1st Peter 5.8). Don’t be his next meal!
