Maybe it is just me, but it seems that we give so much power to satan. There are so many prayers dedicated to the protection from satan, the devil, the enemy ….. The devil made me do this, we say. Worst of all, we seem to characterize that there is this ‘fight’ for one’s soul between God our Father and the devil. Where does all of this come from? Would you believe me when I say that this is a simple case of mankind making a MOUNTAIN out of a molehill exponentially growing over thousands of years?

Did you know that the word Satan is mentioned ONLY 14 times in the Old Testament, 12 in Job and twice in Zachariah? That’s it. In both cases satan is included in the presence of angles. And it is mentioned ONLY 33 times in the New Testament, 17 of which are in the apostle’s letters and Revelation.

The serpent never held up the fruit to Adam and Eve (for Adam was there while Eve was conversing with the serpent) or even polished it or shined it. The serpent merely suggested. So mankind associates the serpent with the devil while God does not associate them. So that’s the molehill. You know all about the mountain.

There cannot be a fight between our Almighty Father and the infinitesimal satan over anything. God won’t allow it as it would be such an unfair fight if you catch my drift. Just as Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent, we blame the devil. The more we ask for protection from satan or attribute things to the devil the less we take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions. So let’s man up to our thoughts and actions and meanwhile figure out ways to substitute all the prayers of protection with prayers of PRAISE to our God and Father, as there can never be too many of these 🙂