Oral Roberts used to tell the story of a football game between the big animals and the little animals. At the start of the second half the big animals were ahead and they gave the tiger the ball. When he reached the scrimmage line, down he went. He hobbled back to the huddle and the big animals asked him, “What hit you?” The tiger said, “That centipede.”

Next they gave the ball to the lion. With a roar he ran to the line of scrimmage, but down he went. The other animals asked him, “What happened?” The lion answered, “It was that centipede!” Next they gave the ball to the rhino. When he too tumbled to the ground at the scrimmage line, they asked, “What happened?” He said, “It was that Centipede!”

“Where was that centipede in the first half?” the big animals asked the coach of the little animals. “Putting on his shoes,” the coach said.

Sometimes our enemy looks so big we’re sure he’ll get the victory over us. But we’ve got powers through the Spirit that Satan can’t conquer. Consider:

• Angels protect us (Psalm 91:11).
• The name of Jesus is above every other name (Philippians 2:9).
• The mighty Holy Spirit lives within us (1 Corinthians 3:16).

Don’t let little centipedes trip you up. You were created to be a winner.

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