Aunt Sevvy, can Satan read our minds?
14 July 2024 |
I grew up being told Satan can’t read our minds in the same fashion God can. Where does this idea come from, and is it true that Satan can’t play mind games with us?
Signed, Feeling Invaded
Dear Invaded,
Ellen White is our source of the idea that Satan can’t read your thoughts.
Even if Satan can’t read your mind, you know that even sensitive human beings are able to intuit, if not our precise thoughts, at least our feelings, motives, and intentions. Scientists and psychologists have learned to look deeply into our minds, too. How much more insight into human psychology might supernatural beings have?
Yet Aunty believes this is the wrong question to focus on. Too many Christians try to psych out what Satan is doing or is able to do. She’s heard Christians say, “I think Satan is trying to prevent me from taking this job, so that means I should take it.” Or, “Satan has been taking control of so many things in my life lately. I spend all my effort trying to resist him.” These folks spend more energy focusing on the enemy than on God.
No. Focus on God and God’s power. God is on our side. God is resident in the minds and feelings of those who love him. God doesn’t trick us or lie to us or mislead us. And fortunately, we don’t have to psych out what God knows or doesn’t know, or figure out how God works: who God is and what God wants for us is spelled out fully in the life and teachings of Jesus.
To quote the Psalmist, “Do not fret because of evildoers…Trust in the Lord, and do good… Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
Aunt Sevvy
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