My prayer for you for today is that you will stand firm
in your faith and that you will not be fooled by the enemy posing as a friend,
to slip and fall, in Jesus Name.
Galatians
5:7-10
You
were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth? It
certainly isn't God, for He is the one who called you to freedom. This
false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of
dough! I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings.
God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you.
The spider and the fly. There was once a little fly that
lived so happily believing that he was a fly destined for great fly things. He would
fly around from one place to another always singing and always smiling. He was
such a happy little fly. One day as he flew past a flower he heard a little
voice say “Hey, where are you going?” the little fly swooped around and flew
back to the flower to find a little spider sitting on the very tip of the
flower. “Hi” said the little fly “I am on my way home”. “Come” said the little
spider “come play with me”. The little fly stayed and played with the little
spider. This started to become a regular thing, the little fly would spend less
and less time with his fly friends and more and more time with the little
spider. He started to wonder if it really was so great to be a fly as he
started to think more and more like a spider. He would argue with his fly
friends about being a fly and he started to spend less and less time with them
and more and more time with the little spider.
One day as they were playing on the flowers, jumping from
one flower to the next, the little fly was happy because he was not part of
those flies anymore, he was now a spider. As they jumped from one flower to the
next the little fly saw that it was getting darker and he wanted to go home.
The little spider convinced him to stay longer telling him that this is much
more fun. The little fly could not see so well in the dark but he followed the
little spider trusting him, because he could see in the dark. As he jumped he
suddenly got tangled in something and he could not get lose. “Help!” he shouted
to the little spider. The little spider came back as the little fly was struggling
to get free. “What is this?” he shouted, “It is my web” the little spider said.
“You are caught in my web” the little spider explained in a different voice. “Help
me to get free” the little fly shouted again as he realized he could not get
lose. “No” the little spider said “you are exactly where I wanted you…”
In this world the enemy will always dress himself up as
this great friend or wise leader with all these great things that is so much
nicer than to follow God. He will deceive us in thinking that it is not cool to
be part of the “Bible geeks” and he will make you believe that his way is
actually the right way. We will be so fooled by believing that this is ok, that
we will become more and more like these false fiends as we are fooled like so
many before us. We will start to lose our identity in Christ as we break His
great commandment to love one another, and before you know it you are caught up
in their web of lies.
Don’t be fooled by the enemy that dresses himself up like
a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes and your
heart to know when you are lead into a trap. Trust God and ask Him to
strengthen your faith so that you can withstand all the trials you may face
today. In the end it is much cooler to be a Christian than to follow the enemy,
because our inheritance is so much nicer than the pit of fire where satan and
his followers are heading for.
You remain in my prayers dear friend of Jesus.
Have an awesome day! It is great to be your friend.
Cheers