“What you see is what you get.” Heard that before?
Dear Ones, please know that statement is conditional. It is dependent upon who controls “what you see.” If the one making the offer is Satan, the grand adversary of God and man, I can assure you that you will not get what you see. You see, Satan is the master illusionist. He is “the deceiver of the whole world.” (Revelations 12:9)
It is the intent of Satan to defeat the divine plans of grace purposed by our Heavenly Father for His creation and to seduce men to evil and their ruin. Hear St. Paul in 2 Corinthians 2:11: “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” The Deceiver will show you and me that which is not best for us and not in the Father’s will. The illusion is “this is good for me.” May I tell you “all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Dear Ones, stay in the Father’s will. Let Him give you the “good and perfect give.” Be strong as you walk in Him.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
