Everyone loves to get those little cookies after an Asian meal, right? Whether you like the cookie or not, you still open the cookie to read what that little paper says. Have you ever wondered why we do that? I mean, really, we hold on to that little piece of paper like it has genuinely just told us our fortune! Some company somewhere prints out millions of these and sticks them in a little folded cookie and ships them to your nearest Chinese restaurant where they are then randomly given out. And yet, we will anxiously rip it open and possibly even believe what it says, rather than getting into God's Word and finding out the absolute truth for our lives.
Why is it easier to crack open a cookie and take what it says as truth than it is to believe and follow God's Word? Well, that is just what the enemy wants you to do....take the easy road. Satan is okay with you believing....even having faith. He just wants you to have too many beliefs, and certainly not enough faith to make a real difference in your Christian walk. It's like when I was growing up, before dinner was ready, I would be so hungry. Mom wouldn't let me have something big to eat because that would destroy my appetite and I wouldn't eat dinner. She would give me a sample and that would usually hold me over. I would then stop bothering her, and go play. That is just like Satan, he is fine if you just get you a sample of faith, a smidgen of beliefs, because then you will have just enough to satisfy you, but not enough to fill you!!!
Now I am not saying it is wrong to read that little 'fortune' in the cookie.....it is quite fun to see what that little note says! What I am saying is, don't live on just a little 'fortune' given to you, when it comes to your Christian walk! II Timothy 2:15 says, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of faith." Life is real, and death is certain! Live your life unashamed by knowing what you believe, because when life is over, eternity begins! Where will you spend eternity?
Don't have a hope so religion....don't rely on a little snippet of quotes, or verses to get you through this life.....because Satan's desire is to have you! Get in the Word and hide it in your heart!
