Think about satan, the father of lies. He is much like this game we play. He lies to us and has us trapped under his cup, moving us all around by his lies that have affected our minds and thus our actions. Ever found yourself feeling like that? Because you are unaware of his schemes, you are operating in lies that you didn't even realize were there. Anybody?
Think about this: maybe you are one who realizes that satan lies and have discovered some of them and even gotten free from them, and now you stand on the outside and are alert to his games; yet sometimes, he still is able to absolutely outwit you and it so frustrates you!
How can we make the declaration that we will not be outwitted?And then, really NOT BE OUTWITTED?
"But you will know the truth and the truth will set you free." We read it, have it memorized, and sometimes apply it....but the way we are truly set free from being outwitted by the devil is to KNOW THE TRUTH! You cannot detect error without a full understanding of the truth.
Have you ever known people who push the limit? Have you ever had a child who pushed the limit? For instance: you instruct them not to go outside and talk to a stranger. Then, they go to the threshold of the door, stand within the doorway and talk to a stranger. You ask them why they disobeyed and they exclaim, "I didn't disobey! You told me not to go outside and so technically, I didn't go outside."
You know what the problem is with this? The child heard the truth....the rule. But the child missed the parent's heart that was trying to protect them. And make no mistake about it: the enemy takes full advantage of this by whispering to your child, "Well, you're not technically disobeying them".
If we are going to keep from getting outwitted by the enemy, we will have to do more than know the truth as in knowing the rules. If we are only looking at God's Word as rules, we can always find loopholes or ways to "technically not be disobeying them".....when we do that, we have totally missed God's heart in it. That word "know" in knowing the truth, is not only knowing what God said, but knowing intimately His heart about it....His full intentions for it. You miss that, and satan will outwit you every time.
Join me in a new kind of game....seeking God's heart in all that He says in His Word, so that I not only know what He desires for me, but I know the heart behind why He is desiring this for me. Then, when satan throws his error at us, trying to get us under his cup of control, we'll be able to yank that cup up and expose him for the liar he really is.
God help us to do this in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord I ask, amen and amen.
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