Seeing is Believing

The essence of the title is not always true, but in the case of ‘Doubting Thomas’, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, believing was made so.  He would not believe that Jesus resurrected on the third day after being crucified on the cross until he could verify for himself, with His own eyes, the Lord’s nail-scared hands and pierced side.

Jesus came to where Thomas was.  Standing amazed when he beheld the piercings, he saw and believed.  In his world of doubting, now resolved, we can say on his behalf, “Seeing is believing.”

Some people are taken in by what seems right, beguiled because of trickery.  A good example is magic shows.  Even though a person knows the hand is quicker than the eye, tricks are amazingly believable if done correctly. 

It is hard not to believe what is taking place before their very eyes at times.  It causes the mind to sputter and become enthralled with what they think they are seeing.

A person should not believe everything they see with untrained eyes.  These shows are meant to deceive and tease our minds into thinking—maybe it’s real.  This is deception at its best depending on the believability of the magician performing the tricks.  A seasoned prestidigitator, as they are called, is a dedicated performer that can make a person fall into a false sense of ‘seeing is believing’.

I am thinking of a seasoned sorcerer having tricks that catch the eye of unsuspecting people to believe a lie and be damned.  The deceiver or performer of deception in this scenario is Satan.  He puts on a believable show to win our confidence and eye gate.  He is nothing more than a liar and fraudster in sheep’s clothing, presenting falsehoods.

Satan puts on a big show of worthless glitter, with smoke and mirrors to try and pull the wool over our eyes to make us believe that what we see is truth and that we can count on what we see or hear.

When a person is led by the Spirit of God, seeing and accepting something as factual is NOT always believing when it comes to the treacheries and cunning performances of Satan.  It’s not for mere entertainment that he throws illusions our way, his antics are well planned out, intended to lead us astray down the wide road to destruction with death following, void of life.

Every person must stay alert to sidestep the devil’s sideshow of him trying to convince us that what we see and hear is real.  The Bible says that we must be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Allowing oneself to be hoodwinked by Satan’s activities does not help our steadfast faith that we depend on.  I thank God for giving me spiritual eyes to see through the devil’s misuse and twisting of the truth.  The Lord wants us to walk in the Spirit so that we are not blown about like a leaf in the breeze; tossed about by every wind of doctrine and beguiled by the devil’s slide of hand.

The windstorm of supposed believability is well rehearsed and crafted such that even the very Elect can be misled.  His techniques have proven to work from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden to present day dealings with him.

We must keep our minds stayed upon the Lord and not take things at face value.  Jesus will reveal the hidden plot behind Satan’s ruses and con jobs.  The believability of something we see is not always factual.  It may be a counterfeit that appears as truth.  It is imperative that we guard our minds from Satan’s showboating and not believe everything we see or hear.

Taking things at face value is dangerous, spiritually.  The eye and ear gates are Satan’s access points to our eternal souls.  By cutting him off at the pass, we walk in victory through Jesus Christ, God’s Son.  When we keep our minds on Truth, Jesus, the prestidigitator of deceit, trickery and dishonesty will take flight.  Seeing is believing.

(James 4:7), “Therefore submit to God.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”  

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Papa Boyd