Genesis 4:7-8
If you do what is right will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door, it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.
It won’t be long now before people will be celebrating the most evil night of the year. Already my neighborhood is getting ready…gory yard decor, bones coming out of graves, tombstones, bloody skeletons and many more macabre display’s dot the landscape. I just ask, why? Why would anyone want to glorify or celebrate evil? Are people not aware that there is power in the elements of evil you portray? Are people so oblivious to the subtle effects of these displays that they believe them to be harmless?
I guess years ago I also believed them to be ‘just fun’. I would dress up myself in funny, creative -cheap-costumes, using items we had around the house and making them ourselves. That doesnt seem to be trending now. Parents must go out and spend a lot of money to buy a pre-fab costume that looks like many other kids who did the same thing.
If we knew it was just an innocent day to dress-up in a costume and ask your neighbors for candy, I might consider it to be a fun fall activity. I might enjoy seeing my neighborhood kids dressed up as Charlie Brown, a Minion or any number of adorable animals. But, that is not what comes to my door! Why do parents allow their pre-teen girls to go out of the house looking like a hooker? Their young boys dresses as Freddie Kruger, a murderer?
In our minds we have a very strong power of suggestion. Seeing and wearing these evil costumes can really have an influence on our precious next generation.
Just like there is the supreme power of good in God, there is a power of evil the enemy of our soul. That evil power is seen everywhere in our society today. It lurks in alleyways looking to pounce on an unsuspecting traveler, it breathes out foul and profane words on cable tv and movies, it spills out of the mouths of influential politicians, teachers, and even some preachers, subjecting the unsuspecting to a daily dose of mind twisting.
Lucifer was a beautiful angel created by God, until pride got the best of him. His ultimate goal is the exact opposite of God’s goal. Lucifer wants to use every trick up his sleeve and in his bag of tricks, to get people to believe his lies and keep them away from God and Heaven. Hey, he wants company where he is going!
Please think about how the enemy works. He uses the same elements God does, but he perverts them to convince people that sin is ok. In truth, they are the same tricks he has used for years-and they still work on our unsuspecting minds! We need to gird our minds and our spirit with prayer and the Word. Then when evil comes our way, we will recognize it and reject it as counterfeit!
Primary example is the blood sacrifice that Jesus provided for our sin. The enemy uses the ‘blood sacrifice’ of aborted babies to satisfy his evil lust for murder. He construes the truth convincing a woman SHE has the authority over the life within her, and it would be so much more convenient without an unwanted pregnancy. Our government has given in to the pressure of the public crying out…crucify! Unfortunately, we as a nation are paying a very high price for the sinful choices of the minority. Please know that while I am pro-life, I am also pro forgiveness! I know women who have chosen abortion. The torture that they go through in their minds cannot be described. Still, when they ask God to forgive them, He does, their slate is wiped clean!
I am asking you, please, before you display anything that may even remotely attract the enemy to seek you out as a potential follower, before you allow the smallest chink in your armor that might give the enemy a crawl space, remember, he has all tricks to get you into his snare. Once you are there, no treats will manifest, only depression, sorrow, poverty, guilt, lust, and every other evil you can imagine.
In the verse I quoted above, God tells us WE can master it! WE are more powerful than the enemy when we have God on our side! Don’t be tricked this year into dabbling with ‘innocent’ evil halloween trash! Stick with what God tells us He provides for us…every good and perfect gift. NO tricks, He provides all treats!
Hey, instead of dressing up for that evil day of October 31, how about joining me for an all-day prayer meeting on October 30-31. If you want to join in praying against all the evil on those days, just mark your calendar and pray a hedge pf protection around our children, our neighborhoods, our cities and our countries. Satan will feel the pain of our prayers and think twice before messing with real born-again Christ followers! HAPPY DAY OF PRAYER OCTOBER 31ST! Are you in?
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