In 2 Corinthians 2:11 it says "in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes." Also in 1 Peter 5:8 "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." Ephesians 4:27 warns us about the enemy "and do not give the devil a foothold."
There is a strong warning in the Bible about Satan because he is trying to destroy us Christians. He isn't interested in just tempting us, he is interested in destroying who we are. We do not know what his schemes are, we do not know how he has already warmed his way into our lives. He is dangerous and not something we should ignore or think that we are better than that. We are becoming blind to his schemes and we have been blind to him.
Back in the early 80's, there was so much talk about back-masking, so much talk about the bad music and what it does to our minds. Soon after that it was called that it doesn't control us playing it backward or forward, but listening to things that are not edifying to God, what does that do to us? In Matthew 12:34 Jesus says: "You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." Or Proverbs 4:23 "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life." Proverbs 10:11 "The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence." Proverbs 21:2 "All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart." Luke 6:45 "The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks."
What are you putting into your heart? Is it garbage, stuff that isn't Godly. Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
If we fill our hearts with garbage, garbage will come out from our mouths, but when we fill it with the things that glorify God, can you imagine the difference that we will be. Satan wants us to fill our hearts with garbage, he is plenty aware of what it will do to our souls, the more garbage we put in the more lies that come forth from our mouths. He is working on separating us from God, we need to be aware of our thoughts, our words and our actions, if they are not pleasing to God, then that is a scheme of Satan to separate us from what God wants. Satan makes us believe that those actions are alright, that they are acceptable when we are in fact going against the Bible, what God says.
Are your actions, your words and your thoughts pleasing to God? Are we living the way that God calls us to live, that is in our own lives, in our marriages, in our families, in our relationships? God knows your heart, what is in your heart?
