Weekly Devotion January 20, 2025

This Devotion was written by Sportsmen Devotional and posted with permission

Bible Study Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:4 4 

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (NIV©) 

Thoughts: Hunting is different in all regions. Out west where I do most of my hunting, I mostly employ the “spot and stalk” method. This requires good optics and lots of time on high vantage points. As the name implies, I spot animals from my vantage point and then stalk one if I so desire. If you’ve done much glassing, you know that the sun is your enemy. One simply cannot look directly into the direction of the sun at sunrise or sunset. Neither can you shoot through a rifle scope with the sun in your eyes. I saw this first hand on a hunt when a friend was shooting at a deer with the sun directly behind it, along with a prickly pear cactus. My friend was doing his best to see the deer in his scope, but after having “killed” the cactus three times, I told him to aim a little lower. The deer took a few steps to the right out from in front of the sun and my friend could finally see him. It was a fatal mistake for the deer.

 Action Point: Satan, referred to in today’s passage as the “god of this age,” employs numerous techniques to blind unbelievers to the truth of Jesus. Doubt, pride, ego, selfishness, and self-absorption are a few of the ways that Satan leads people away from Jesus. And, Satan can use these same techniques to lead a believer into sinful behaviors. How do we combat these lies of Satan? Be in God’s Word. Paul wrote in Romans 10:17 that faith comes by hearing and that the message of faith in Jesus is heard through the Word of God. Read, study, and meditate on scripture daily. And pray. Communicate with the Father daily! The Father is there and will be with us if we will simply call out to him.

Sportsmen’s Tip of the Day: Invest in quality optics. You can’t shoot what you cannot see! There’s a old saying, spend less on your firearm and more on your optics.