What does the devil do?
The devil relentlessly acts in accordance with his hope and never stops. Hoping to ruin you, in accordance with this hope he is in a constant action and he never stops.
While we hope to be saved, we unfortunately do not always act in accordance with our hopes. As per great Saint Theophan the Recluse, those who act in accordance with their hopes to be saved are like a violin string, tuned to a precise note, without slackness.
Such a man is in a state of constant vigilance (meaning the mental vigilance, not the physiological one), thus staying safe from the devil’s temptation as the devil does not rest.
Like I told you once, “he doesn’t even take a vacation”, he doesn’t get tired, he’s not sleepy. You sleep – he doesn’t. You’re hungry – he’s not. You have certain physiological needs – he doesn’t. You’re lazy to be loyal to God – he’s not lazy to hate God. You can’t fulfill your duty – he does his. He’s a restless enemy.
Glory to God for this!
Since he’s a restless enemy, I get a chance to be a restless warrior against the enemy. The restless warrior gets a crown, while the lazy and the sleepy warrior does not get one.
Therefore we should always act in accordance with our hopes. In other words, we should always struggle and this primarily relates to prayer.
Archpriest Theodore Gignadze
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