A shadow is only a shadow

When I was just a kid, we would shape our hands in such a way in front of a bright light to cast a shadow on the wall. I could make a shadow with my hands that looked like the head of an angry wolf.

   But, guess what?

   There wasn't a real wolf in the room; only a shadow that looked like one and the shadow of a wolf has never bitten anyone.

   In the 23rd Psalm we read these familiar words:"Yea though I walk through the valley of the SHADOW of death I will fear no evil..".

   Satan is the great deceiver. That's why it is so very critical to be grounded in the truth of God's Word. Not only will it's Truth make you free, but it will also shine the light that will dispel the shadows of Satan's deceptive tricks.

   Satan has no power of his own because  Jesus stripped him of everything. Therefore, he is left with only the avenues of trickery and deception. Consequently, if we don't know who we are in Christ or what God's promises are, we will fall for his game of shadows every time.

   He will throw up the shadow of fear, when God's Word says, we have not been given the spirit of fear. The devil will also throw up the shadow of worry, when God's Word says for us to be anxious for nothing.

   To close this discussion let me say, "The shadow of a wolf never bit anyone".