These pictures were taken at Half Moon Bay, Calif., for the Mavericks Surf Competition this past weekend. Apparently not only were the waves just incredible, but the spectators experienced a rogue wave that suddenly crashed against the shore engulfing everyone in it's path. Several people were injured in this freak incident. (View the story here http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/us/2010/02/13/mavericks-surf-competition?slide=1)

I thought of how sin is a like a rogue wave suddenly descending upon spectators. Its easy not to see the wave coming, especially if you're not looking for it. Like any large amount of water, there is little to do to stop it's devastation once it hits land.

Often we allow sin the right to destroy us. That is the intent of all sin: destruction. It doesn't care who you are or what great things you've accomplished. It's like a virus bent on complete destruction of your life. Once it hits us we bend and break under it's weight and movement in our lives.

Scripture says that Satan is on the prowl and like a rogue wave, his strike maybe sudden and unexpected, but as believers we are to watch and pray, faithfully following our Lord, so when we see the wave coming we remove ourselves from it's purposeful path of destruction