Undercover
“For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld
among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of
understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way
to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of
heart.”
(Proverbs 7:6-10)
Today’s Morsel: The
word subtil appears three times in scripture. Genesis 3:1, “Now the
serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had
made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every
tree of the garden?” (Genesis 3:1); in 2 Samuel 13:3, we find that David's son
Amnon had a friend named Jonadab who was a very subtil man. “But Amnon had a
friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab
was a very subtil man.” (2 Samuel 13:3); and in today’s passage it lists
the harlot as being subtil. What does it mean to be subtil? People
who are subtil are wicked and
cunning; they are sneaky,
sly, and full of trickery. They have the ability and are talented in how to form or
develop a scheme to help you get what
you want without exposing the evil or destruction behind it that will
ultimately destroy you. Satan uses people like Jonadab and the harlot who
work undercover to deceive and destroy you. Stand on the word so you are
not deceived when they come your way.
Sing: When you’ve done all that you can, Stand on His Word; When you’ve stood all you can stand, do what you’ve learned. Remember all you’ve read is true, God said he’ll always bring you through, In spite of everything you’ve heard, Stand on his word.
Thought For Today:
Subtil … hidden deception.
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