Thursday, December 22, 2011

Sometimes it's Gold Plated

Matthew 4:9
9"All this I will give you, "he said, "if you will bow down and worship me."

Jesus was in the desert fasting for forty days when the devil tempted Him. Yes, even Jesus was tempted. The difference is, he didn't yield to the temptation which would've been sin. It's during our time in the desert that the devil will do what he did with Jesus. The desert can be any area of our lives that appear to be void of fruitfulness or life. He will attempt to convince us that what he has is worth us going against God. The devil took Jesus to the top of a very high mountain and showed him kingdoms of the world and their riches. But the devil can't give what he doesn't own. For "every good and perfect gift is from God." So anything less than that isn't. What glitters isn't always pure gold, sometimes it's just gold-plated. According to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Gold-plated is:

a method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal, most often copper or silver (to make silver-gilt), by chemical or electrochemical plating.

So in other words, only the first layer is real and it's paper thin. Beyond it, a lessor metal exists. So beyond what initially glitters, what the devil shows will always be less than what God can give. But we have to still be able to see our way in the desert to not fall for the scheme. Like Jesus, we have to wait patiently and eat upon the word of God which is the bread of life. Everything looks good to one who is hungry but everything that looks good to you isn't good for you. The spiritual eye has to be sharp enough to see through gold plated opportunities.

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