Deceived

So, as I am driving home to visit family I listen to a radio station till it runs out, then find another.  I typically listen to Christian music while driving at home, but am (usually) happy to take what I can get to come in clear while traveling.

Inevitability I will hear a song that brings back a flash, some times a head to toe remembrance of an experience from another time.  And can I be honest? Some of those lyrics resonate with my fleshly nature, or dare I say heart...

And why is that?  I am a saved, born again, all things made new, child of God.  How is it that I can still be caught off guard by those moments?  Our former Pastor, Bro Greg used to say, "You can't stop a bird from flying over your head, but you can keep it from making a nest in your hair." And while some songs are straight vulgarity, others are not in and of themselves evil, but written by someone with a hurt heart...searching...

On the flip side, while I might get swept away for a brief moment, I can now quickly remember the shallowness of those times that I thought were fun..the consequences...even the not so immediate ones.  I was deceived then..with every breath I took. 

Dictionary.com says:  deceive  verb
                                1.  to mislead by a false appreance or statemnet, delude
                                4.  to mislead or falsely persuade others; practice deceit: an engaging manner
                                     that easily deceives

My point is this...deception can be all encompassing. I think we lose sight of that as believers. I believe in absolute truth.  But a deceived person can not see it. A wise "Church Mama" once told me that we can not be mad when the blind stumble, they can not see.  The think black fog of deception is present with every breath, every blink of the eye, and nothing but the light of Truth can penetrate it.  So let us remember that as we seek to love on the lost.

Point #2 is that we must still guard our eyes, ears, and minds from the things that linger to catch us in the snare again ....

Pondering....