Does Satan Deserve the Power We Give Him?

[364 words] Sometimes as humans, we tend to give more credit to our enemies than they actually deserve. I know that in my personal life, I struggle with making Satan much more powerful than he already is. Sometimes, we tend to think of Satan as an all-powerful being, when in reality he isn’t. This is demonstrated in the book of Job several times when we see Satan going to God, and having to ask His permission to be able to get to Job. Not only is he forced to ask for authority, but he was still limited to what he could and couldn’t do. “Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.’ So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord” (Job 1:12). We see that Satan cannot do anything that God doesn’t want…