Does Satan attack all Christians equally?
No, Satan doesn't attack all Christians equally. Think about it. If you were the devil-who would you spend your time attacking? Would you waste a lot of time on Christians who are discouraged by troubles or defeated by sin? Or would you focus your efforts on those who were living radical lives for God? The answer is obvious.
About 400 years ago a preacher named Richard Baxter said,
"...take heed to yourselves because the tempter will make his first and sharpest assault on you. If you will be leaders against him, he will not spare you. He bears the greatest malice against the man who is engaged in working the greatest damage against him." 1
In other words to the degree that you are making a dent in Satan's kingdom, he wants to make a dent in your head.
Just go back to the book of Job and you will see this truth. Job was a man of God. He lived a life that honored the Lord and that made the devil mad. As a result Satan got God's permission to unleash his full arsenal against Job to get him to compromise. Why? Because Job was doing the most damage to his evil kingdom. People were being impacted for the Lord by Job's example. One of Job's best friends, Eliphaz, acknowledged the impact Job had made for God's kingdom when he said,
"Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees" Job 4:3,4.
In other words, Job was making a difference with his life. He helped others. He served others. He shared God's truth and God's love with everybody he encountered. So Satan wanted to stop him at all costs and as soon as possible.
What does this mean for you? If you are living a life of sin and compromise, you probably don't have to worry much about spiritual warfare. Why would Satan waste his limited time and efforts on you? But if you are living a life that impacts others and honors God watch out, Satan has you in his crosshairs.
1 Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor (Portland, OR.: Multnomah, 1982), 35,36.
