Topic(s): Satan

In a National Geographic article about the Portia spider, author Robert Jackson detailed the various ways it deceives its prey. Sitting still, the spider looks like a piece of dried leaf or foliage until a meal walks by. It also will crawl onto another spider’s web and tap the threads, mimicking the actions of a trapped insect. When the host spider appears, the Portia devours it. Deception is the Portia’s primary tool.

Satan is like the Portia spider in that deception is his weapon of choice. He does whatever he can to counterfeit the words of God—to make the unwary and naïve think that God is present and speaking when in fact He is not. The apostle Paul wrote about Satan masquerading as an “angel of light” and about his agents acting like “servants of righteousness.” Only those who know the Word of God will be prepared and protected. Know the truth—don’t be deceived by a counterfeiter like Satan.

The more you get to know the truth—and the One who is Truth—the easier it will be to spot deception when it appears.

—adapted from Turning Point Daily Devotional, 9-23-05

“. . . And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light”
—2 Corinthians 12:14