Because he,
Whom we rightly call
The Great Deceiver, knows
That if we try
To serve the Lord
The way that he instructs us to1 Timothy 4:1
While thinking we are heeding
What the Holy Spirit
Says we ought to do,1 John 3:10-15Galatians 5:16-17
Then we will falter,
And become discouraged,
And surely fail
Because he makes us focus
On our own needs first
Instead of on the needs
Of those around us.
Or,
The Devil doesn't
Mind at all
If we strive
To serve the Lord,
As long as all we do
Is say we try
To serve the Lord,
Because he makes us think
That no one really
Can obey the Lord,
And therefore,
He causes us to think
The deeds we do
Don't matter.James 2:14-26
This is why
The subtle Tempter
Tries so hard to imitate
The Holy Spirit's
Inner whisper.James 1:131 John 4:1
It's so he can make us think
That he's the Holy One
Who's sent to lead us,John 14:26John 16:12-14
And then mislead us
Into being focused
On ourselves.
This is also how he sought
To overcome the Savior
And how he tried to cause
Our Lord to waver
In His quest
To save man.
For when the Son of God
Had fasted
For forty nights
And forty daysMatthew 4:1-2
And Satan thought
He finally had a chance
To ply his wicked ways,
Then posing as an angel