When he (the devil) speaketh a lie,he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,and the father of it.John.8:44 Some people find it difficult to believe Gods promises because theyve seen so many things in the natural world that seem to contradict them. Theyve seen faithful tithers go broke. Theyve seen sick Christian fail to receive their healing. In reality, it would be more accurate to say that they THINK theyve seen those things. Because, you see, theres a deceived at work in the world. A deceiver whos busily doing the same thing hes been doing ever since the Garden of Eden: trucking mankind into believing Gods Word isnt true. And,after working on it for thousands of years,hes a master at it. When he makes things looks like all hope is lost. Say, I dont care about appearances. I believe the Word and I refuse to doubt it. Let me show you what I mean. Have you ever seen a magic show where someone crawls inside a box and then is asem in half? You can see it with your own two eyes. The guys feet are sticking out one end of the box and his head is poking out the other, and the box is plainly cut in two. Then the magician slides the two halves back together and the sawed part fellow jumps out of the box in one piece. Now tell me, did you really believe, even for a moment,that fellow was truly cut in half? Of course not! You knew that youd seen a trick, a deception, something that appeared one way when, in reality, it was a different way altogether. You may not have known how it was done. You may not have been able to explain that. But you knew a person couldnt be sawn in half,then put back together,so you refuse to believe your eyes. Thats exactly the way you need to be where the Word of God is concerned. You need to learn to trust it and rely on it to such an extent that when Satan shows you something in the natural world that appears to contradict it, you just say, Well I saw that, but Im not going to be gullible enough to believe it, Im just going to stick with the Word.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 12:01:30 +0000