The Oldest Trick in the Book

 Do you ever feel that God is holding out on you?

I spoke recently with someone that has a desire to do something implicitly contrary to the Word of God.  When I told him that the thing he desired was in direct opposition to the will of God he didn't seem too phased.  

"I'll just do my thing and then when I'm ready to settle down I'll do it that way.  I just feel if I do it that way I will be stuck and will miss out on something better."

What this person verbalized was that he was falling for the oldest trick in the book, quite literally.

"But the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.'" Genesis 3:4

You probably know the rest of the story.  Eve ate the fruit.  Adam ate the fruit.  Sin entered the world and is still here.

"God is holding out on you."

The first lie told is still being told today.  

Don't fall for the oldest trick in the book.  I, on the basis of the Word of God, can tell you that God has not withheld any good thing.  The Triune God loves to lavish good gifts on His children.  He is not a serpent giving father (Matthew 7:9).  Our God gives good gifts.  Our God gave us Jesus.  If He did not spare His own Son why would you believe that He is holding out on you? No, my God is not holding out but is freely giving all good and perfect gifts (Romans 8:32).

When we believe the old lie we miss out on God's goodness.  Father knows best.  The irony is that in seeking the "greater" things we miss out on the greatest.  

"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." (Matthew 6:33).

The moments we fall for the oldest trick in the book are the moments we disparage the name of God.  See, in these moments we proclaim God to be a dead-beat dad.  In these moments of selfishness we act as though God was the selfish one. In these moments of faithlessness we proclaim to the world and ourselves that the Faithful God is not to be fully trusted.  Every sinful FOMO moment is spiritual slander.

Do you trust God or not?  Well, do you?  Do I?  

Don't fall for the oldest trick in the book today.