Weeds

     Our own personal weeds can crowd out the beauty, choke out the goodness, and take up our precious time while dealing with them. Yesterday, Jesus told us the weeds of evil will be growing right along with us until He removes it, in its entirety, one day.

     One more weedy truth came to my mind today. Weeds can be deceptively beautiful. Their flowers imitate and blend in with the gorgeous summer flowers in our gardens until we can't tell them apart. They insert themselves until they fit right in. Satan’s lies may attract us to the very things that will destroy us. The flashy, the flamboyant, the feel-good, the fake, and the foolish things of life can take us away from the pure, the precious, the perfect love of becoming Christ-like.

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14

     Satan wants nothing more than to be god-like, to take our worship and attention from the true Christ to himself. He will distract, distort, imitate and initiate, substitute and subtract from the truth. Keep your attention on the eternal prize and do not lose sight of the truth. Take the time to read, understand and imbed God’s Word in your hearts. Only when we understand the truth can we recognize the lie.

Jesus,

We understand the times and the wiles of our enemy. Keep us alert and attentive to You alone. Lead us not into tempatation and deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Forever and ever.

Amen