02/10/2012 - Concealed bonds

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Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, for You are my strength.

Psalm 31: 4

This world is crammed with evil people, who aren’t willing to bow down before The Lord and obey His Word. Under such circumstance the devil feels at ease to use these people in order to achieve his purposes. Hellish works would cease completely if nobody gave room to the enemy; those people don’t know how harmful they’re being to themselves considering that the devil does not like even those who serve him. 

No trust can be found in the heart of a servant of the devil; yet, those who are obedient to The Only One and True God can live safely without mishaps. Those who are led and guided by evil powers will almost always wish harm to their neighbour, they envy those who are well-successful and when they can, they set up traps for others to fall into – almost always those are set up in a concealed manner.

Marriage destruction, for instance, doesn’t happen out of the blue. Behind marital infidelity is the hand of the enemy who somehow uses his subjects to mastermind treacherous strategies which will induce the weakest part into it, infidelity. Our adversary is an expert in turning a smile, a gentile gesture, a way of walking or speaking or any other means to be used for seduction. Only the divine assistance will prevent someone from falling into sin.

There are other kinds of traps set up for us. A friend, a relative might turn to us for financial backing. To achieve what they’re aiming at they will tell us a sad story and make us feel sorry for their dreadful current situation, and then we tend to be willing to stretch them our hand. Soon afterwards, we find out we’ve gone into quite a huge debt ourselves and our house – which was given as a bail – has to be sold now. Many people have experienced such nightmare.

Many elderly people have been tempted to believe they’re really being flirted by a young love. When that happens they end up being carried away by what seems to be an easy opportunity of having the love affair of their dreams, the one they have never had before. With time, they find out that that “easy love” was a trap. Then, they are bankrupted, their reputation and family are torn into pieces and they’ll spend the rest of their life lonely without the necessary means to support them.

The devil sets up snares in the family involving in-laws, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. And then they go on getting involved further and further with such a sinful passion that their life becomes quite unreal. It’s said that that sort of passion lasts for about four years. In some cases it might last longer; yet, in others less. But when the passion is over they end up being ashamed by their bizarre attitude. Yet, many times the acknowledgment of such error takes place too late.

If you have accepted Jesus as The Strength of your life you ought to ask Him to set you free from the treachery masterminded in secret against your life. If you have not made The Lord your Strength you ought to give Him your heart right now and then He’ll turn you into a blessed person completely delivered from all hellish assaults. As long as you make Christ your Saviour you’ll always be victorious.

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares