Suicide is only one of the devil’s tools, addiction, promiscuity, murder, theft, pride, vanity, do I really need to continue on with the list for you to get the idea; the devil’s ability to lead you to a false sense of assurance is endless. Every single person who was ever born into this world is laudable; however the devil is the greatest professional at throwing doubt into any given situation. The devil will play every trick he can use on you to drive you toward self-absorption, and once he has caused you to turn inward he owns you. Every idle thought rattling around inside your brain will become evil’s new plaything. At that point the corruption will spread like billions of microscopic maggots in your brain and the devil’s hand controls them all and you in the process.
No sane man has ever jumped to his death from a tall structure; no it was the devil’s hand that pushed him over the edge. Murder, rape, suicide and all manner of atrocities are going on in the world every single minute of every single day. The devil and his minions are full of wrath and spend every moment of their existence working to rile up every person that invites them in. The more rage that evil can create in a person the easier it becomes for that person to be devoured by the darkness that is hot on their heels.
The devil covets your soul like another man covets your wife. The devil can and will use the slightest hint of doubt in your mind to trip you up and confuse you. The devil can turn you into a monster if you let him. The devil will then in turn use each of his corrupt human souls to further infect even more souls. It has been this way since mankind first walked on this planet and it will continue on even long after we have all turned into dust. The devil is the very essence of all negativity that exists in the world do not allow yourself to fall into one of his many traps.
Unfortunately not enough people even believe that a devil exists; even though evil is evident in every walk of life and everything that mankind has ever touched, society still has its doubts about the great evil one. People will also argue that there is no God either, yet why would such a concept of good and evil even need to exist if there was not a great cosmic battle for our souls? Each of us were born with a free-will to believe or not to believe in a higher power. Feel free to follow your own path, but be wary of misconception because the devil is the master of that as well.
An idle mind is a recipe for disaster. A positive attitude and mind set will help to thwart the plans the devil has in store for you. An even better option if you happen to be a believer is God. God possesses dominion over all things even the devil and is the best protection against evil; however your free-will choices may have already closed this option off for you. Nonetheless anything you can do to defeat negativity in your life will hold evil at bay for a time. The options are yours to make. Remember all of this the next time you lay down to go to sleep. An idle mind is the devil’s playground and if you choose to play with him in your sleep you just may never awaken from the eternal darkness.
On a better thought to go to sleep to, I will leave you with a quote from C. S. Lewis:
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you’re looking down, you can’t see something that’s above you.”
Look up often and choose to live in the world that has been placed before you. Heed the words of C. S. Lewis and do not become the proud person that looks down on everything. Choose life despite every bad thing that has ever happened to you, because you are the only person that can expel the darkness that has invaded your own heart. The devil abhors forgiveness, so forgive yourself for whatever doubts that have entered your mind and any evil inside of you will seek out a new playground.
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