God created us with our own free will, He will not force something on us we do not choose. Adam and Eve was created to walk with God. We all know how that story went down, in case you not so sure there was a snake, a master of lies and deception, today we call him the devil. He found Eve as she was wondering in the garden when she was alone and told her what would happen if she eats from the tree in the middle of the garden. In my opinion coz she was alone it made it easier for him to tell his lies and that she would believe him. By being alone the is no one to help us when we wonder off, no one to tell us we on the wrong way. Yes we should know that but we don’t always see it.
Genesis 3:1-63:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis
When Jesus was in the desert 40 days, He also was alone same as Eve back in the garden. The same thing happened the devil found Jesus and tried to convince Him of lies as well. Though all of this Jesus stood on the word of God.
Matthew 4:1-114:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
With us he uses the same tactics, and because we live in a world of where we don’t let people in coz they are too busy and we don’t want to impose we pull away and leave the ones out that is suppose to be there to help us build. We do that to the point where we feel there is no one left, only us and our own thoughts. I learned that our thoughts are the easiest way to open a door for satan, why won’t we believe our own thoughts in the first place? God warns us to gaurd our thoughts By taking up the helmet of salvation.This just goes on and on to where you feel so guilty you don’t pray or spent any time with God, this is the mother of killers, loneliness… In the midst of loneliness comes a whole new world of darknessYout to be reminder of you past, the mistakes you are still making, fear kicks in, you start to believe your fall downs are failures that will never change, so what’s the point right? You starting to feel no one cares, God doesn’t care but He promised us the He will never leave us, He also said to us if we draw close to Him He will draw close to us, unfortunately we forget about that. John :10 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
We stand to choose will we stay where we are or are we going to stand up, stand on God’s word and fight back. James 4:7 tells us submit to God resist the devil and He will flee from you. What will you choose today?