Bear with me on this one.
Recently I had an acquaintance lose his best friend to a car accident. Let’s just call him Andy (not his real name). Andy was a smart kid and had been through a rough life. His mother was not faithful to her husband. There was a divorce and the father ceased to be in Andy’s life. The stepfather beat Andy regularly. Andy frequently stayed at his best friend’s house just to get away from a very bad situation.
For the week leading up to his death Andy was sending texts to friends and family telling them how much he loved them all. There were clear signs that he was reaching out but no one was receiving the signs. He went out the night of his death and had a few beers then went to a friend’s house to hang out for a while. He left the house to go home. He never arrived. He had slammed his car into a tree, killing him. The car was completely engulfed in flames when rescue teams arrived. He was only 20 years old.
Family and friends were obviously shocked. The questions started pouring out. Why? What was wrong? Was he using drugs? Did he have more to drink? Was he mentally ill leading up to this? The questions went on and on. The grieving was powerful. Then they made a visit to a family member. This family member “reads beads.” Now, I don’t know exactly what is involved in that but I think it reasonable to assume that it is something similar to how people read bones. I researched this a little bit online and found that it is an ancient practice of divination where a person throws bones, stones, and in this case beads, onto the floor or onto a table and “reads” the patterns in order to see the future or get answers to questions. This family member read these beads and told the group of people a few interesting things.
- The best friend’s girlfriend’s father had committed suicide.
- Andy wasn’t killed on impact and was instead killed in the ensuing vehicle fire.
- Andy’s girlfriend is pregnant. Interestingly enough the people who were there immediately stated some things that suggested that if she’s pregnant she should consider abortion.
Now, #1 is true. We will never know about #2. We don’t currently know about #3.
Some people who relayed this to me were in wonderment about how this woman could possibly have known all of this. The question was asked why God decided to let them know these things. Uh-oh, there’s the problem. They were thinking God was telling them the truth of things they could not readily see. To these people I pointed out some things. Let’s go back through in order.
- The best friend’s girlfriend’s father had committed suicide. This is a very dark thing to bring up. Suffering, pain, death.
- Andy wasn’t killed on impact and was instead killed in the ensuing vehicle fire. We won’t ever know but what a horrible thought to have. Suffering, pain, death.
- Andy’s girlfriend is pregnant. We don’t know yet but let’s think about this. The people present immediately suggested abortion. Suffering, pain, death.
You see the pattern. Two of the things that this “bead reader” said were completely evil. The last thing the “bead reader” said immediately cause a reaction of evil.
This clearly was not a Godly intervention to help clear the truth. This was clearly a demonic act that has some people thinking this woman can provide answers to questions.
We know that satan prowls like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8, NIV). Lions are predators, hunters. They don’t hunt healthy, fit, strong prey. They hunt small, weak, and/or tired prey. Satan does exactly the same thing. In the example I provide here the enemy was on the hunt, as he always is, and he found a group of people who were hurting and used this “bead reader” to spread doubt, pain, and more grieving. She didn’t answer any questions like they thought she did. She was a conduit of the enemy, spreading evil and causing more pain.
My whole point to this rather long post is that we have to stay on our toes, especially in times of anguish. When we are down, when we are grieving, when we are in pain, the enemy looks for any opportunity to hurt us more. He wants to hurt us. He wants us live a horrible life. Heck, he doesn’t even want to see us alive!
So my friends, stay on your toes, be alert. Listen to the right voice of truth. Be aware of the enemy’s attacks. He is a liar and a thief. He wants to convince you that things are worse than they already are. He wants to take a good situation and make it bad. He wants to take a bad situation and make it worse. He wants to raise painful questions that we can’t answer. He wants us to think of answers to questions that cause pain. He loves pain and anguish. That’s who he is.
Use your power and your weapons to destroy his evil presence in your life. Seek the truth and accept that some questions don’t have answers that we can find while on this Earth. Maybe some questions shouldn’t even be answered. Regardless of any given situation you will survive. Live well and make the enemy mad by living well. Trust in your faith in God. Live your life under God’s Umbrella.
