God's Glory Church

“And the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him: ‘Where are you?'” – Genesis 3:9

“The chicks will fly tomorrow!” – said my wife Kari with joy. She enthusiastically followed the family of oxeyes that built a nest in a hanging basket on our porch. Every day, she took pictures of growing babies and their mother, who brought them food.

The next morning, Kari got up early and moved the branches that covered the nest. But instead of chicks, she saw the narrow, ominous eyes of a snake there. A predatory reptile climbed into the nest and devoured its inhabitants.

Kari was heartbroken. I was not at home that day, I had just gone out of town, so she called a neighbor to chase away the snake. But the damage could not be repaired.

The Bible tells us of another creeper that did far more damage. The serpent in the Garden of Eden deceived Eve by offering her a fruit that God had forbidden them to eat under pain of death. “You will not die! For God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will become like Gods, knowing good and evil,” said the snake (Genesis 3:4-5).

As a result of this untruth and disobedience of Adam and Eve, sin and death entered the world. The deception of the ancient serpent, “that he is the devil and Satan,” continues to this day. But the Lord Jesus came into the world “to destroy the works of the devil” (1 John 3:8) and return us to God. One day He will make all things new (Rev. 21:5).

How has Jesus destroyed the works of the devil in your heart and life? What do you expect from Him?

Free me, Lord, from the devil’s temptations. Savior, give me the strength to live for You!

Author: James Banks