Two Omnipresent Influences

Today, I remarked about successfully drawing inspiration for a blog post out of a Star Wars cartoon, and I was reminded that we can see God's influence in all things. To my recollection, I responded with something about His influence "or the other guy's." Both God and Satan have an influence on just about everything. God puts something good in just about everything, and Satan slips evil into everything he can. So, while it's good to look for God's influence in everything and to see His hand in all things, it's also important to watch out for Satan's influence as well. There's at least some good in just about everything, but there's also some bad in just about everything, so it's important to not just be careful about what shows we watch and what games we play, but also to be careful whose messages we learn from those shows and games.