Beloved, believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (I Jn 4:1)
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. (Math 7:15)
Having lived through these scriptures, I can certainly attest to God's word being real in every situation of life. Beloveds do not believe everything that you hear. Sometimes we get a little goofy, silly, and distracted when it comes to men and we tend to let all our guards down and forget that we are women of God. When I say that, I mean it in the sense that we forget to have our ears open always to what God is saying to us. We cannot be separate from who we are based on who we're with. In other words, we have to be who we are all the time. So, our ears should remain tuned in every situation. We should never become hard of hearing no matter what's going on around us in the world and who we are with. Ladies truthfully, our ears should be alert even in the house of God and some would say especially in the house of God. This tends to be where the enemy is likely to attack and try to feed you things that the Lord did not say. I have had people tell me, the Lord said, you're my wife. The Lord said this woman of God, you're the one. I believe you're the one, etc. Well, if I was a silly woman, I would be all wrapped up in that and missing God right now being yoked with someone the Lord never intended me to be with.
There's so much false information that we receive when dealing with the opposite sex as well as all people. I know some of you have been told on some or even many ocassions, "I'll call you" after what you perceived as a great date. The problem with that is that most men who feed you that line never intend to call you, but they've pre-programmed to lie and feed you that lie. We know that the enemy is in fact the father of lies, so the fact that you do not receive a call let's you know just who you were dealing with in the first place. If a man can look you in the face and feed you a lie knowing his intentions, then he is operating according to his father the devil. I will tell you this a man with integrity will not lie to you. A man with an ounce of Holyghost will not have the same standard as the world. Now, some men will say that I'm wrong for saying some of this, but it's just the gospel truth. A lie is a lie, regardless to how you try to justify your reasons for telling it. If he doesn't intend to call, then don't say it, otherwise he is a liar.
Matthew 7:15 tells us they come in sheeps clothing. In other words, they come looking like they meet the status quo. They look like one of us, but inside somebody else abides. They are not who they appear to be. The outward man does not tell the true story of who they really are. Sometimes all we look at is what is on the outside and tend to ignore or not even discern what or who the inner man is. We can be very superficial when it comes to what we think we want and dismissive of what we feel we don't want. Unfortunately, often we dismiss something that doesn't look as good on the outside, but awesome on the inside for the opposite. It's like being presented a meal that smells awesome and looks good, but when you taste it, it's flavorless and not as delicious as it appeared to be. But this is how we are, we want what looks good on the outside and ignore the man on the inside. I'm so guilty of this. It behooved us to dig a little deeper into the character of a person to find out whether he does indeed look as good on the inside as he does on the outside.
Hey look, I've been down that road and bamboozeled and hookwinked. It's time out for that now, time to grow up. We can't walk around with school girl eyes, not discerning elementary experiences and situations. We've got to put on our big girl clothes being the whole armor of God and keep it on no matter where, who, or what we encounter. Test the spirit by the Spirit. God gives us permission to do this in his word. What does it mean to test or try? It means according to webster to present a set of questions, problems, or the like, used as a means of evaluating the abilities, aptitudes, skills, or performance of an individual or group; examination. It is a means to determine whether somebody qualifies in an area that they claim to excel in. You've got a right to test somebody to see if they are who they say they are. So, try the spirit by what, the Holyghost (Spirit) to see whether that spirit is coming from the Spirit. Let the Holyghost in you give you those answers to those questions in your spirit. Ask the question and listen to what the Lord says, not what man says. When you do this initially, you don't even have to worry about whether you will get a call or not, because you will know what his character is prior to the end of the evening. So, if he says it and you have tested him and saw that he is a man of integrity, then you will know that he is a man of his word. If you have tested him and found him to be the son of his father the devil, then you know that he is a liar.
So, no need to be discouraged because someone has shown you who they really are. Maya Angelo said, when they show you who they are, believe them. So let us believe just what we've been shown and know that we are better off without that spirit being in our lives. Down the road a ways, God has something better in store.
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