2 Corinthians 11:14

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

When I think about deception, it makes me really scared and intrigued. That is a weird combination. I have to wonder what things I have deceived myself into believing that they are true, when in fact they were just myself deceiving my own mind and heart. For instance a couple of years ago I thought that I was in being pursued by someone only to find out that it was in fact not true at all. So...had I deceived myself into believing the feelings were from God? Were they in fact from God? What is it that makes one thing from God and one thing not from Him?

When I think about present situations in my life it kind of scares me to think that Satan can disguise himself. If he can disguise himself then people all around me are also in a place of disguise. I think it is also true that on a day to day basis we all in some form disguise what we are truly thinking. When looking at it deeply I can see that my thoughts are not always God's thoughts, this means that there are things that I do and think throughout the day that I would be embarrassed for people to know about. This means that I give in to sin.

Now I believe that there are people walking around like they have no sin at all. I am one of those people sometimes. I like to look at myself as this Spiritual person, who takes the Bible for what it says and follows it. Looking down on those around me that feel like God made the Bible to be cultural or to be made to "fit this age." Although I do not believe that this is true, it is not for me to look down on those that do. It is a hard balance, but to be able to see when someone is trying to deceive me that is what I am going for here.

I want to shout it to my students to not listen to commercials or people that are trying to get them to think and believe only One way. I want to shout at them to seek the truth, and then God will reveal it. If they are truly seeking HIm and wanting to know Him, then they will find Him. Actually He will find them.

He is a God of truth, not lies and deception. So as I ponder what it means to be deceived maybe this will cause me to think more about what I read and what people say. For every person that claims to be speaking of God, may not exactly be doing it.