Conspiracy theories.... Everywhere. Any major event and many minor ones are quickly attributed to a conspiracy theory. Often the fact seem convincing, even TV documentaries are made to sway your thinking. Some people always assume there is a conspiracy behind everything, other assume that is all silliness. How can you know the truth?
Look deeper. Both are true. Is there a conspiracy of people secretly working together to bring about a secret agenda? Rarely, but maybe, but no matter. The deeper truth is this, there is always a conspiracy of unseen forces working to deceive and destroy us. Always.
The Bible is clear, we do not need to fear man. No man, no collection of men, no government, no king, nothing. No conspiracy of men can hurt us. This is because the true enemy is not our fellow man, but the unseen forces and entities of the air. There is a devil, he has a band of fallen angels, and they are constantly out seeking to deceive and destroy. That is the conspiracy. It is an unseen army constantly and wisely fighting against us.
But, they have no authority over us, except to deceive us first. It is only through our falling to their deception that we one the door to problems. They bring lies wrapped in half truths, they bring darkness disguised as light, they bring evil wrapped in a thin vel of good. Just like eve and the apple, they use craftiness to test us, tempt us, try us.
Our job is to stand firm on the absolute truth of scripture and God's own words. Resist the devil and his conspiracy of temptation and he will flee. That is the promise, he will flee. But oooo his craftiness. He brings what our flesh most wants. He brings promise of comfort, success, pleasure, ease, power, all the things that he can make good on! All the things our fleshly nature craves. He brings us what we most want.
The conspiracy is that he promises the desires of the flesh, knowing that if we fall for the bait, we will live for the flesh, consumed with world passions, desires, and dreams, and in the process find ultimate misery and pain, and separation from god. Living for self, for pleasure, for things of this world separate us from god and his mercy, grace, and goodness... Separate us from his love and protection. That is our choice today, everyday. Obedience or the "apple", that forbidden fruit of promise and pain.
There is a conspiracy, behind every turn, but not of man, of our true enemy, Satan and his cohorts. Sometimes men are involved, sometimes not. No matter, the enemy is within them, in their hearts, not their manhood. Find Paul Harveys discourse on what he would do if he was the devil. It is brilliant, and so true.
The devil, Satan, the servant, is your enemy and mine. He will use everything in his crafty wit to tempt us with the desires of our flesh. He has zero power over us except given him by god or ourselves, but he has deep knowledge of how to tempt and deceive you. Resist with the unchanging wisdom of God. Stand on the truth of the ages. Resist his notions of pleasure, self worship, self seeking life, and he will flee... Leaving you peaceful and close to our creator.... Until the next time.
Conspiracies are nothing..... We are children of the most high. It is only our own nature that will lead us into destruction.... And Satan knows that well
