"But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light."
II Corinthians 11:14 NLT
It's easy to fall into Satan's traps. He's been decieving mankind since the beginning. He knows exactly what to say, and how to say it to get us to follow his stupid advice. But most Christians, including myself, already know all this. But I thought of something new yesterday, that hadn't crossed my mind before.
If Satan can change "himself as an angel of light", the purpose would be to make us believe him completely and think of him as nothing more innocent than one of God's messengers.
I am constantly thinking things about myself that may not be true throughout the day as most people do. But I didn't consider, as a good man I know pointed out, that Satan may be trying to lie to me by pretending to be the most trusting person I know...myself.
Things like: "God has abandoned you. You have no future. You will never marry or be a husband and father. You will never be able to be a part of ministry as a laymen or otherwise. When you need help the most, no one will be there."
I know that none of those things are true. I have the Word of God, the Bible, to tell me otherwise on several of those things, and I'm sure most of my friends would consider those statements to be ridiculous. Most lies are. I have yet to hear a lie that someone has truly believed that was not absolutely positively far fetched. God is constantly aware of us, and with us. God has plans for a great future, it's a place called Heaven, where all the souls that I shared the Gospel with will be. I've only lived 30 years, how can I know what will happen in the next 30 years? With God all things are possible, including marriage, and being a father. Although not everyone is called to full time ministry, everyone is qualified and able to minister all the time. GOD WILL BE FAITHFUL. That was the big theme that I found in serious studies of the Scipture. How could I spend so much time in deep fellowship, worship, evangelism, and so on, and not remember what God had spoken to my heart? GOD WILL BE FAITHFUL. Satan wants me to think the opposite that God will drop the ball. I have yet to find a verse that states that in Scripture. In fact, I find that humanity drops the ball, but God keeps everything in place.
You may laugh at my set of lies that the enemy shoots like arrows at my heart, but I'm sure that you have your own that are pretty silly too.
Anyway, just some random thoughts for the day. Going for some fellowship, and a dose of truth. I'm looking forward to tithing for the first time in a while. I actually was cracking myself up by taking the song "You can fly!" from Disney's Peter Pan, and making it "You can tithe, you can tithe, you can tithe!" Off I go to church. Pray for me. :)
