[Newsletter] Daily Devotional

[littlejane at rgcministries.com]

The Devil?s Soup Bowl


Read: Matthew 4:1-11


When [the devil] speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for  
he is a liar and the father of it. ~ John 8:44


While my sons-in-law and I were hiking in a state park last summer, we  
noticed a trail marker that pointed toward something called The  
Devil?s Soup Bowl. Intrigued, we took off for this geologic formation.  
As we went, we joked about the kind of soup we might find in the bowl.

When we arrived, we discovered it to be a large sunken area of land ?  
something like a deep lake without any water in it. We were rather  
disappointed to discover that The Devil?s Soup Bowl was filled with  
nothing but trees and weeds.

The Devil?s Soup Bowl is the perfect name for a formation that offers  
something of interest but ends up providing nothing, because the devil  
is a deceiver. His menu is a bowl of tricks that delivers only empty  
promises and broken dreams.

Satan began his deceitful work of substituting nothing for something  
when he tricked Eve in the Garden of Eden, and he has not changed his  
plan. He tried his deceit on Jesus, but the Lord resisted and ?the  
devil left Him? (Matthew 4:9-11).

So how do you know if you are being offered one of Satan?s lies? Test  
new ideas with Scripture. Consult with people you trust to be godly  
and wise. And pray.

Don?t fall for the devil?s bowl of empty lies.

~ Dave Branon


Thought For The Day:
Satan offers nothing but tricks and deceit.