Yep! You read this right, quit lying on the devil. Yea, the devil is a spirit that is real and his main purpose is to make your life hell on earth but please understand; he cannot do anything to you that God does not approve. However, but, yet and nonetheless; those thangs you’re doing on your own accord are of your doing and not the devil so stop lying on him. The devil didn’t make you give your cell phone number to that dude in the club, his sweet talk did. The devil didn’t make you follow that girl to her car, her short skirt did. The devil didn’t make you steal, you chose too. The devil didn’t make you lie when you could have easily shared the truth, you did. The devil didn’t make you curse that person out who said something you didn’t like, your rude attitude did. Am I defending the devil? No, but I am simply telling you that you need to be accountable for your actions; all of them. Stop saying that God is tempting you because He doesn’t, this is why James 1:13 says, “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” When you’re in a relationship and you’re missing all the things they did to get you, you start looking elsewhere for them and this is when the devil comes in. See, although you’re just thinking about the things you’re missing, your eyes are looking for them and when they see it, temptations start and once the temptations start turning the devil is getting a way in and we are warned about it which is why James 1:14 says, “But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.” Once this happens, all hell breaks loose because James 1:15 goes on to say, “Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”
It’s a lot, I know but let me break this down in Lakisha’s lingo for you to get; clearly! When you start lusting, you open up the door for conversation and through conversation you get comfortable and once you’re comfortable you get caught up in carelessness of your actions until they cause you to lose what you have at home. When you start stealing, you get satisfaction that you didn’t get caught so you get greedy and continually do it until your hands are behind your back in handcuffs and your face is plastered in Just Busted on Tuesday. See, the temptation started and the devil took over and made it look easy to do again and you fell for it. When you start smoking that marijuana, snorting that powder or drinking that alcohol; the temptation was calling your name because it made you feel good so the devil latched on to that feeling and started making you feel like you couldn’t live without it and now you’re addicted and losing everything and everybody you’ve ever loved. Yea, the devil may have a hold on you now but the devil didn’t make you do it to begin with. You chose everything that you are a part of and if it hasn’t been exposed yet, keep on living because it will be. Stop lying on the devil! Man/Woman UP and take responsibility for the mistakes you’ve made. Learn from the mistakes and then try your hardest not to make them again or you could wait until God exposes you but you may not like the attention!
Lakisha, the Author 