06/02/2026
So, this is a hawk. He decided to park himself on one of our swings by the pool this morning like he had a reservation.
Now I’m no bird expert, but I’m pretty sure he wasn’t there to admire the landscaping. We’ve currently got nests and baby birds everywhere around our house right now. To that hawk, our backyard probably looked like a free breakfast buffet with curbside service.
Alone, one-on-one, those momma and daddy birds didn’t stand a chance. That hawk had the size, the talons, the beak… all the things. But then something happened. Every adult bird in the area started divebombing that joker like tiny feathered fighter jets. They swarmed him from every direction. Chirping. Pecking. Raising absolute Cain.
Maybe he decided breakfast wasn’t worth the drama. Maybe he knew there was an easier target somewhere else. Or, maybe he knew one bird was vulnerable, but a united flock was a fight he didn’t want. Either way, he tucked his wings, bowed out gracefully, and left hungry.
And standing there watching all this unfold from my kitchen window, I couldn’t help but think that the devil works a whole lot like that hawk.
He sits quietly. Patiently. Watching. Waiting for the easiest prey. The isolated one. The tired one. The discouraged one. The one who thinks nobody notices they’re struggling. Except instead of talons, he uses things like fear, bitterness, shame, doubt, jealousy, temptation, and lies.
That’s why community matters.
That’s why church matters.
That’s why your people matter.
Because alone? Even the strongest among us can get worn down. But together? Whew. Together is harder to attack. Sometimes the greatest spiritual protection in your life looks a lot less like perfection and a lot more like people who refuse to let the enemy pick you off quietly.
The devil LOVES isolation because isolated people are easier to convince they’re losing.
But not today, Satan. Not today.
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.” Ecclesiastes 4:9
