Some Lies That Lure Believers – Reject Them

Have you ever heard the phrase - “what will be, will be”? It is a very commonly used phrase and even amongst believers. Around where I live, it is a way of saying whatever happens in one’s life is meant to happen so one should just accept it and move on. In a manner of speaking, it is saying everything that happens was predetermined by God and as a result, should be accepted and allowed to play out completely. Some people argue that it is soothing to believe that God is orchestrating everything especially in very difficult circumstances. Such people argue that it makes it easier to endure such adverse circumstances. Though this belief may help some people feel better, it is one of those statements that shade the truth that should move one forward. It is another trick of the enemy to lure us into accepting everything he throws at us causing us to suffer untold loss which God never ordained. It’s a belief that permits satan’s plan to unfold fully in lives while they watch, deceived that they are helpless to do anything about it since it was destined to happen. We don’t have to take everything life throws us; we are to resist the devil who is really the one doing the throwing but he hides behind “life” whilst working craftily to orchestrate one’s frustration using “life”. Whatever we accept is accepted even if it was not destined by God to happen to us; but if we reject it, we are resisting the devil and he must flee.

 

Ephesians 2: 2 “You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world. Obeying the devil-the commander of the powers in the unseen world.”

John 4: 7 “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

At other times, we make bad choices that have consequences which would not have occurred if we had made the right decisions. Even then, the consequences do not have to unfold completely. If we take responsibility for our wrongdoings, turning to our God for mercy, He knows how to and will work good for us out of every such situation. To sit back and do nothing but allow the consequences of a bad decision play out completely is to open one’s self up to whatever life throws at them and this, without any form of succor when we have God who is always willing to help and just waiting for us to call on Him. Making a bad decision does not mean one was destined to make that bad decision like satan would have us to believe; it is another trick to make one give up instead of fighting the ‘good fight of faith’. The only thing destined to happen in the believer’s life is what God had promised would happen. Only the Word of God must be allowed to run our lives; and this is how to live a fulfilled life, which is a life yielded to God through Jesus and shining brightly with His light. Unfortunately, no one can live a fulfilled life and shining, if they do not lose their lives. Only the Son of God gives that life and it is only to the extent that we let go of ours that we can experience the fullness of life that He gives.

John 12: 25 “Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.”

1 John 12: 25 “whoever has the son has life; whoever does not have God’s son does not have life. Conclusion.”

Luke 9: 24 “If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up

The devil is so desperate to mess up lives that he goes to great lengths to achieve His purpose. He uses everything; attempting to make life really difficult for everyone. As we know, whatever he is in charge of becomes a tool for destruction in his hands. He is in charge on earth as the prince of the power of the air; a role he uses craftily to accomplish his purpose. He goes around always trying to destroy one person or the other. He even attempts to lure us into granting every whim of our flesh pretending like that is “the good life” when it isn’t. Deceived or defeated people have phrases like “they need to enjoy their lives”, in their attempt to make a case for themselves. Meanwhile, unknown to them, not only are they not ‘enjoying life’, they have opened themselves up as bait to the enemy. Such people unwittingly reject true life and waste their God given opportunities. There is always grace from God to help in times of need and the bible does say the spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet so that we are not helpless like we like to make out when we do satan’s bidding. Samson was one such man who unwittingly rejected God choosing to fulfill the desires of His flesh instead and he ended up losing his life. This thing referred to as “life”, around where I live, is not the true life. True life is only given by God and is hidden in His Son; satan does not understand it nor does he understand the way of this life and cannot give it. We can counter that life offered or controlled by satan with true life.   

John 14: 6a “Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

John 10: 10 “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose isto give them a rich and satisfying life.”