What it means
The enemy is real and hungry, but the response is not panic. It is clear-headed watchfulness, firm faith, and the strange comfort of knowing you are not the only one under pressure.
Peter closes his letter to scattered, persecuted churches. He has just told them to cast their anxiety on God; now he tells them to stay awake.
Where it addresses you
You feel alone in a spiritual struggle.
You have grown careless and sense something circling.
Found in Spiritual Warfare, Suffering.