Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8) (NIV)

Spam mail. I hate spam e-mail.  Every morning as I come in to work and check my e-mail, I have a few real e-mails and a million spam e-mails.  Software companies continue to make new software and new revisions and even patches for specific spam, but it still gets through.  My e-mail in-box is constantly under attack.  The devil is the same way.  With every small amount of God's word and guidance we get, Satan throws in a bunch more junk.  We are continually under spiritual attack.

Satan is tricky, he is very smart and he knows the scriptures better than all of us put together.  He knows how to twist them and pervert them to make them sound legitimate.  It's kind of like when we receive a spam e-mail, but the title says "re: your e-mail" or something like that that makes it look like a real e-mail.  If we end up opening that e-mail up, we either get hit with some advertisement to cut the cost on a mortgage, or lose weight quickly with a magic pill, or even to become our own boss and be rich by Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Sometimes these e-mails just have these advertisements, but many of these spam e-mails also contain "worms" or "viruses", which are sent to destroy our computers.  As a matter of fact, I have one on my computer right now that is going to require me to totally re-format my hard drive.

As you go about your daily life, be on guard for the "spam" ideas that Satan throws your way.  He'll try to talk you in to all kinds of things.  That's why the bible is telling us to be on the look out for them.  Satan's spam thoughts come in many different forms, they come in the form of friends, the radio, the TV, and the internet. Pretty much, if you can imagine it then he will try it.  The devil is pretty successful in bombarding us with this kind of stuff.  But God has given us the Holy Spirit.  He acts like our spam software, our virus software and our registry cleaning software all in one.  He can help us recognize when something is spam and when something is real.  Today ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and to show you when the devil delivers some spam ideas at you.  You will be surprised how much He will point out.  Once He points it out though, you have the option of either listening or not, the call is always yours.