All the pretty things...

If you could just have one thing, what would it be?

Pretty innocent question, right? Well, I believe this is one of the first questions Satan asks us in his arsenal of attacks. Once he asks it, you ask it. If I could have just one thing--out of anything--what would it be?

Fame? Love? Money? A toy? Anything inanimate(Gadgets, appliances, car, house, etc)? Better life? Better body? Better education?

Once Satan attracts us with the lure of that question, he will plant another lure. A lure of the above things, or other things. Whichever we lurch out to, Satan will use again, forgetting the others for a spell.

He then says "Ah, so you want this. Well, what's stopping you?" He reveals to us a way to obtain whatever that thing is that we wanted. Perhaps a better job to pay for that gadget...or he gives you an opportunity to steal some cash from a friend or family member. If you take whatever opportunity he gives to obtain what you want, he will give you another and another. He wants you to have what you want, so long as you take it in his opportunities.


Uh oh. You realize what you wanted is what you can't/shouldn't have. So you back out. You turn, and return your desire to God. You think Satan will just step back, and go "Oh well, didn't work. Let's find something else."? No. Satan will continue to bombard you with that lure until he knows he can't get you with it anymore.


But Satan doesn't stop after one failure, he will continue to try out his supply of other lures. Perhaps he can snag you with love. And on and on it goes with his luring.

All the pretty things of this world are at his disposal. We are in his kingdom. He is the god(the ruler) of this world. Earth is not God's kingdom. So, Satan has EVERYTHING in this world he can use to lure you away from your love of God.


Why must we lust after things to fill our hearts with "satisfaction" when God is the One who satisfies? We fight so hard to get what we want. It all is a central longing and satisfaction: God. We want to fill the void in our hearts that God belongs in. (Not in means of salvation, but in means of relationship). God wants us to fill that void--but not with the things of the world. We can't fill the void with love, fame, toys, this and that. We can only fill our "God-void" with God.

God is all we need. He gives us strength when we are weak, peace when we are troubled, love when we feel we fall short, pleasures when we are abiding in Him, life if we dwell in him, wisdom if we lack in it, refuge when attacked, rest when we're weary, water when we thirst, and bread when we hunger. What more can we ask for, if God supplies our every need? What more do we desire if God satisfies our every desire if we give our lives to Him? What more pleasures do we seek if God flows out pleasures forevermore at his right hand?



-Kevin B

Introductions.

Welcome. This is my blog in which I will dramatize my day. For starters, my name is Kevin Barrick. I am an aspiring author, which is why I am creating this blog. It will give me writing practice which will strengthen my writing weaknesses, and polish my writing strengths.

I will write some days on thoughts, nuggets, that present themselves to me. Or on other days, I will write in added description my day, should it be on the level of interest. I hope you will stick around to read my "adventures."

Come back shortly to see my first entry!


-Kevin B.