Evil Hunts
- Larry Kutzler
- Dec 10, 2025
- 3 min read
The Apostle James tells us this about God and the Devil:
James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
What isn’t said is both need to be done daily. Surrendering to God is a daily commitment, and the resistance must be done daily as well. The Devil doesn’t just go away for a season or two, he is hunting every day.
Recently, I was reminded that evil is never passive … it is active, it hunts. Like a hunter who prepares the deer stand, or stalks the prey, it never stops hunting. Often a hunter uses decoys to trap unsuspecting prey, even going so far as using cameras to chart the patterns of prey. They tell me that hunting is an art form … evil has it down pat. I raise this issue to remind you that you are like that prey … you are hunted. Evil never rests, it waits for the moment in time when you are weak, vulnerable, sad, disappointed, fearful, and depleted … then it strikes quickly. The Apostle James tells us to first submit to God, and keep surrendered to Him, then you will be ready to resist the hunt of the evil one. Stay focused! ~Larry Kutzler, Facebook Post
Evil always has you in its sights. There are many ways evil hunts you, but today evil has a useful tool called the Internet and Social Media. Erica Kirk, the wife of the late Charlie Kirk, recently published Charlie’s last book. The book is all about sabbath, and how taking a break from the world will change your life. Now, when I heard that I said to myself, “Yeah sure, who in the world will put down their phone for 24 hours?” We have become so accustomed to being connected to information and entertainment that we have become addicts ‘to know stuff.’ Putting down phones and being unconnected for a day to unplug seems to be impossible for most people.
Now, I am not saying that everything on Social Media or the Internet is evil, but what I am saying is that busyness is a gateway to keeping us engaged to this world. Sabbath for example was designed by God to center you again on what is important, a reboot in other words. Seven days a week without time to unplug from this world and reflect on what is important, is robbing you of the treasure of solitude. The silence of solitude helps to adjust things that are out of control. Busy people often don’t have time to think about how their busyness hurts the loved ones in our life. People who are in ministry also experience the phenomenon of busyness in a way that is justified as doing ‘the Lord’s work.’
I remember a painful moment in my marriage when my wife told me that she didn’t marry me to be alone. I spent so much time with Church people and doing ministry, that I failed to realize that by my busyness was inviting evil to bring in a wedge in our marriage. Sabbath was designed to realign our goals, our dreams, identify the insignificant, and favor the important. Another way of saying this is, “Know the difference between the common and the Holy.” Resistance starts by identifying the forces that connect you more to this world than to God. Beware of your busyness.
Challenging the Culture with Truth … Larry Kutzler