What Did I Just Hear?

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if

no birds sang there except those that sang best.

~Henry Van Dyke~

One summer I was listening to Pastor Greg Laurie on the radio and thought you, like me, would find this interesting.  In Denmark, birds are mimicking cell phone ring-tones.  They say it is sometimes hard for people to distinguish what they are really hearing: their cell phone or the mimicking bird!  One lady said there is a bird in her backyard who sounds so much like her cell phone she has nicknamed him “Nokia!” 

Doesn’t that remind you of Satan?  He disguises himself as something he’s not.  He’s a deceiver, a mocker, a liar.  As much as he desires it to be so, he is not the real thing – the One True Living God. 

There are times when we as Christians listen to the Enemy.  We allow ourselves to be deceived and fall deeply into his trap.  Like the example of the birds, we think we are hearing one thing, when in fact it is really the bird tricking us by its amazing ability to mimic.

1 Peter 5:8-9a says, “Be self-controlled and alert.  Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.  Resist him, standing firm in the faith…”  Don’t allow him to mislead you. 

Whatever you are facing today, make sure you know who it is you are listening to.  As we speak to others this week, may the sounds they hear coming from our mouths resonate the voice of our Risen Savior.