The Traveling Trickster

Have you ever felt like the devil followed you everywhere you decided to go, regardless of the distance?
Amazing but true, he has that ability to do just that. He is limited though as to the measure of occupation he desires.
Unlike God, Satan cannot be omnipresent.
1 Peter 5:8-9
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.
You should see clearly by this verse  that you are not alone in this life's quest to be challenged by the deceptions of the flesh and the world that Satan presents to you where ever you are. He has a purpose in his deceitful schemes, but with one underlined strategy, and that is to distract you from your devotion to the Lord.
Genesis 3
 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
 The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'"
The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!
"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

After Adam and Eve’s sin and disobedience, their eyes were opened and they realized they had been deceived. Then when God attempted to talk with them they were afraid and tried to hide among the trees of the garden. Fear was the immediate response to the call of God. This is such a simple truth, yet so deep. When you believe a lie, you become deceived. When you act on your deception, you become darkened to the truth. If you do not have the Spirit of truth living in you, you are subject to many deceptions. Even when you do have the Holy Spirit in you, Satan still tries to deceive you. His purpose is to steal the word from your heart before it becomes a living seed that will grow into maturity. That is why it is so important to give your heart daily to prayer and the study of God’s word. The word of God will make you wise to the schemes of Satan. Many have been devoted to destruction for a major portion of their lives. Jesus has a way to change all of that.
As you venture out into this world doing your daily activities, remember that you are in a battle that requires devotion to the Lord to come out a victorious winner. We are no match for the powers of the darkness of this world's evil's without the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Just as Jesus defeated the devil in His wilderness experience, so we too can win against the schemes of the devil with the word of God. His word must be planted in our hearts with deep roots, so we can effectively activate the words resisting power over deception. No matter how excitingly enticing and beautiful the temptation to sin, their are always negative results to the heart that gives in. 
Next time you face the temptation to give in to some useless deception, remember who you are in God.
God has said that you can be victorious over sin. If He said it, then He has provided a way for you to experience it.

 

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