POCKETFUL OF MIRRORS

                                                              POCKETFUL OF MIRRORS

                                     When we were youngsters, we read 
                                     about a magician (Houdini, perhaps), 
                                     who, by the clever manipulation of a
                                     series of mirrors was able to produce
                                     the illusion of making an elephant 
                                     disappear.

                                     We thought of this wizardry as we pondered
                                     the power of Satan. For you see, he has
                                     power over us and our circumstances only
                                     to the degree that we permit him to have
                                     control of our imagination.

                                     So when he says, "I have power over you
                                     and there's nothing you can do about it,"
                                     Satan knows he is bluffing us out of the 
                                     blessings our Heavenly Father has promised
                                     us.

                                     Satan knows that if we resist him and rebuke
                                     him in the name of Jesus, that he is forced 
                                     to disappear.
                       
                                     By the Spirit and by the Word, we can have
                                     dominion over Satan. So don't let that old
                                     trickster trick you.
                                     After all, all Satan's got going for himself, 
                                     is a pocketful of mirrors.
                                     
                                     (Written on August 15, 1978  #513)