If there is something in your heart that is not right; if there is a desire or attitude that is damaging to you and others; if there is envy, lust, bitterness, pride or anything else that contaminates your heart then you can be sure that the Devil, who loves to cultivate these things in you, will try his hardest to make you think that there is no problem. He is the one who inspired the false prophets of Jerusalem to proclaim ‘peace’ when the people were in conflict with God. Satan was the one who inspired them to cover up the offenses of the people so that they could go on feeling self-righteous. Satan does not want you to feel that anything is wrong with you. If you are in conflict with someone, he wants you to think that you are right and that the other person is wrong. If you are harbouring some bad attitude, he wants you to justify this to yourself and be defensive about it. If you are flirting with moral danger he wants you to think that ‘it isn’t that bad’. The last thing that Satan wants is for you to recognise the truth of what is going on. For he knows that the moment you recognise this you may turn to God who will forgive you and restore you, and restored people defeat Satan. Satan does not fear people who think that they have it all together. What he fears is people who know they need God’s help and begin to access the transforming power of God’s grace.
Ask God to show you what he wants to change next in your life.
Read Ezekiel 13
