Your adversary, the Devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to devour someone.—1 Pet. 5:8.
Imagine that one of your family members becomes sick in the middle of the night. Would you awaken a doctor to ask him for help? Not if the patient has a minor complaint. However, if he is having a heart attack, you would not be ashamed to call a doctor. Why? Because you face an emergency. You realize that skilled help is absolutely necessary. Not asking for help could prove fatal. Similarly, true Christians face an ongoing emergency, so to speak. After all, Satan goes about like “a roaring lion,” trying to devour us. For us to stay alive spiritually, the help of God’s spirit is absolutely necessary. Not asking for God’s help could be fatal. Hence, with bold persistence we ask God for his holy spirit. (Eph. 3:14-16) Only by doing so will we maintain the strength needed to ‘endure to the end.’ (Matt. 10:22; 24:13) We should ask ourselves, ‘Really, how persistent are my prayers?’ w06 12/15 2:9, 10
