2-Minute Devotion for Tuesday, 5/26/26
The worst insult you can give someone is to call them a snake. In slang, a snake is a backstabber who acts friendly to your face but undermines you behind your back. He is treacherous, deceitful, and manipulative.
The biggest snake of all time is Satan. He is a sneaky, silver-tongued liar. He hasn’t changed his schemes since he tricked Eve into taking a bite of the apple.
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Genesis 3:1-6 NIV Read full chapter
The Hebrew word Ārûm, translated as crafty in verse 1, means shrewd, cunning, crafty. It suggests a high level of intelligence, cleverness, or subtlety. It highlights the serpent’s deceptive cunning.
Notice what the snake does and how he tricks her. He makes her think that what he’s tempting her to do isn’t a sin and, in fact, it will be beneficial for her. I would guess she probably wanted that to be true, and so she is easy to trick. (People are often tricked into believing a lie because they want it to be true.)
My advice: Don’t listen to the snake. Don’t be deceived.
In His Love, Cindy
To learn more about Jesus, read Who Is Jesus? A message for the Skeptic
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”
Psalm 122:6 NASB
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