Did God really say?

I realized something this week. I realized that Satan is just as crafty today as he was in the garden with Adam and Eve.  Satan is the ultimate deceiver, while God is the ultimate truth.  Every human being is faced with this fact:  God offers salvation; Satan offers death in disguise.

I think for us as Christians, more so than non-believers, Satan makes it a point to assault us with lies and deception.  He wants to get our eyes and attention off of God. It is inevitable that throughout our lifetime we will find ourselves in situations that will elicit a response to what our hearts truly believe.  Are we going to trust God and what He says, or are we going to listen to the lies of the enemy of our soul?

Adam and Eve were the first ones to have to make this choice.  Even though the evidence of God’s truth was literally all around them and even though God spoke His word of truth in them, sadly, they believed the Liar over the Life-Giver.

“Did God really say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1

I don’t know about you, but I find myself having to choose the Truth over the Liar all the time - Different day, different tree; same opportunity to choose as Adam and Eve had.  Sometimes I get it right.  I listen to God regardless of how things look and I trust Him.  Some days I blow it.  I let the circumstances and lies become my “truth.”  Praise God, that He is abundant in grace and mercy!  He knows our weaknesses and frailties and covers them with understanding.

“For He understands how we are made, He remembers that we are dust.” Psalm 103:14

Dina Pugh