If you could grab Satan by the neck (can you picture doing that?), what would you do with him? Are you like me and get totally frustrated with the deceit, the traps, the lies, the temptations and the pretty picture that he puts on evil and all of its vices? What would people’s lives look like (more specifically, what would the lives of the people we know and love so dearly look like) if Satan had just left them alone? Wouldn’t you like to see that?
The reality is that while Satan is a strong and persuasive force for evil in our world, the choice and the direction of daily decisions is still in the hands of each individual person. One of the saddest realities we face is that people get their lives so messed up!
All of this leads to the greatest and happiest reality we face, which can be summed up in five letters—Jesus! Jesus can help people take what’s messed up and get it cleaned up. But, if they don’t want His help, Jesus can comfort the rest of us as we hurt for them.