Sometimes the Devil Sounds A Lot Like Jesus
“Will you still love me if _______ doesn’t work out?” Questions like these sound a lot like God. We talk to our Christian brothers and sisters and we say things like, “I really felt God asking me, ‘Am I enough for you?’” And we tell each other about the conviction we felt when we heard God ask that question. We reflect and say things like, “God just showed me that I was placing ______ above my relationship with God. I’m really gonna pray and do better.” We think that this is normal. We have been taught that this is how God works. Here’s my real question, is that God? Does God do that? Is God manipulative like that? Does God plant a question in our hearts to make us feel guilty, or does God coax us closer by calls of love and redemption? Friends, I think we’ve believed a lie. Ben Rector said it best when he sang, “Sometimes the devil sounds a lot like Jesus telling me I’m not enough.” The devil certainly does sound a lot like Jesus. The devil, evil, whatever you want to c...