MASKED MAN

By Rick Mathes

Romans 7:21 (NASB77) ²¹  I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wishes to do good.

The ship’s place is in the sea but God pity the ship when the sea gets into it. Likewise, the Christian’s place is in the world but God pity the Christian if the world gets the best of him. Satan’s consuming passion for his legions of devils to pollute and rot all that God meant for good.

We were made in the beautiful image and likeness of God so you can bet your last dollar that hell is targeting us with artificial pleasures and sensations that metastasize spiritual cancer to eternal death. Our countrymen and women spend billions on their appearance, our outward look at the expense of our inward purity and virtue. Contagious diseases are sweeping our communities in epidemic proportions.

I saw a sign with a handsome young black child and under it was the wording, “The mind is a terrible thing to waste.” The prominence of our brilliance and superiority of thought has been decimated to hours of veggie tunes and mindless video games. The disposition of our attitude has peaked in “Who cares?” The futility of our efforts to make a difference is limp and impotent without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We can do all things physical, mental, educational, vocational and Spiritual if only we will unleash the creative God of the universe in our lives!

Materialism, the god of possessions and affluence has become thick mud under our strained wheels of progress. Property, success and fame with all the glitter and flashing lights point “This way to heaven!” into the surprising flames of that eternal furnace we have tried so hard to avoid.

The junk-yard dog in us is reduced to a whimpering puppy. Just a little praise balloons our self-image in importance and might. Our ability potential and capacity is nothing but an illusion of masked evil. Our strength against the demons is cotton candy to their blow torches of dissemination. But in Christ we can do all things. So take the devil’s mask and pit it off to epose him for who he truly is. Repent and the Holy Spirit will restore you so that you can once again walk with God in the cool of the evening in peace.