If you’re a believer, the devil (and his team of demons) are out to attack you and your marriage.  Jesus warns of the attacks we should expect in John 10:10 when He says, “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy…”.  I’ve learned that the devil often uses a common tactic, which I term as a “beautiful delusion”.  Let me explain.

The devil (or one of the demons he assigns to you) will try to tempt you into believing the beautiful delusion that the neighbor guy, or the pastor, or your male co-worker, or the FedX guy is really your soul mate!  Here’s how this works.  The enemy will start trying to foster conversation between you and this other man.  Over time, he will place the thought in your mind that that particular guy really understands you and is so gentle and loving and you would be so much happier if he were your husband!!  He will try to get you to start sharing your thoughts and dreams, your hurts and grievances about our husband with that other man! 

The whole goal of the enemy is to slowly get you bonded with a man other than your husband.  He will work to create the beautiful delusion in your mind that you would be so much happier with that other man.  As a result, you end up having an affair.  Even though you think this would never happen to you, I’ve seen it happen many times.  In fact, it happened to me many, many years ago.  The end result is the destruction of your marriage.  That happened to me, and the happiness I thought I would have with that “other man” was just a delusion.

Be aware of this common scheme of the enemy.  Don’t allow yourself to spend time alone with another man.  Don’t share details about your marriage with another man.  Don’t offer “counsel” to another man.  The enemy is so very crafty.  He wants you to bite on a beautiful delusion.  As 2 Corinthians 11:14 puts it “Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light”.   Don’t let him fool you.  Don’t even take a step down the path that can lead to the eventual destruction of your marriage. 

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