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Monday... He is so shrewd, he really is...


Monday... He is so shrewd, Satan really is.

Look at Genesis 3:1 (NLT). It says, "The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, 'Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?'" Are you sure?

Satan is so shrewd. He didn't come right out and say that they shouldn't listen to God, obey God. No, he came at them it seemed with an innocent question. And He does that with us, doesn't he? Are you really sure that you need to read your Bible? Are you sure that you really need to pray? Are you sure that God will really make a difference in your life? Are you sure that His way is best? Are you sure that you need a relationship with God? Are you sure?

I know that Satan is giving us a lot of these are you sure questions during this pandemic. Are you sure that God cares for you? Are you sure that He can be trusted? And if we listen and do what Satan suggests then there will be consequences just as there were back with Adam and Eve. They ate the fruit and all of humanity suffered from their disobedience. 

Verses 21-24 (NIRV), "The Lord God made clothes out of animal skins for Adam and his wife to wear. The Lord God said, 'Just like one of us, the man can now tell the difference between good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out and pick fruit from the tree of life and eat it. If he does, he will live forever.' So the Lord God drove the man to farm the ground he had been made from. The Lord God drove them out and placed angels on the east side of the garden. He also placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth. The angels and the sword guarded the way to the tree of life."

Yes, God clothed them but He had so much more that He wanted to give them. What if they would have responded to the are you sure questions of Satan with an emphatic, Yes, I am sure? And we can do the same thing, Yes, I am sure! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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