By Clarence Andrews
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One of the things we learn to do in life is plan, we plan for college, that job after college,
marriage, children, and retirement. We go through life making plans, but did you know that
the devil also has a plan for your life. And Satan’s plan is far from the plan that God has for
you, God said in his word, “ For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29: 11).
Satan’s plan for your life is totally opposite of God’s plan. Jesus said it plain and simple when
he said, “ Satan has come but to steal, kill, and destroy” (John 10: 10). In John 8:44, Jesus
goes further to describe the nature of the devil in saying, “ you belong to your father, the
devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. The devil was a murderer from the
beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his
native language, for he is a liar and the father of all lies. Now you know what Satan’s
objectives are, and they are to steal, kill, and destroy. The plan Satan has for your life has
never been a good one, not for you nor for me. From the time you reach an age of
understanding, Satan immediately goes to work on your life. He can start during your teen
years by making you a rebellious teen, being disrespectful to parents and others over you,
telling lies, stealing, and more. Satan will attempt to keep you in the company of other’s who
do the same things as you do, and He will attempt to keep you on this path, even into your
adult life. And when you reach adult hood, Satan will continue to keep you around others who
will keep you from knowing the truth about Christ. They will discourage you from going to
church, and listening to others who are trying to witness to you about salvation. Satan
operates through the minds and voices of your friends who encourage you to do wrong and
discourage you in doing right. Satan has many vices and ways to deceive us, steal from us,
destroy our dreams, and to kill us. Satan’s ultimate plan for your life is to keep you from
knowing the truth, and that truth is, the salvation through Jesus Christ. God already has a
plan for our lives, and if we follow that plan we will see the victory, but we have to first get
into that plan. God made away for all to be saved, and that was through the death of Christ
on the cross. Jesus on that cross took upon himself the sins of all humanity, and Jesus
became the mediator between the father and us. By believing in Jesus death on the cross,
and accepting him as your savior, you will have taken the first step into entering his kingdom
as a child of God. But, if you accept Satan’s plan for your life and you never come to a saving
knowledge of Christ, you will be lost when you die. Sure, you may have a good paying job,
and enjoying all the sexual freedom, drunkenness, and life of leisure, expensive cars, and
even drugs on Satan’s plan, but you will truly pay the price for it all. In Matt. 4:9 Satan offered
Christ all the kingdoms of the world, if he would bow down and worship him, what is Satan
offering you and will it be worth your soul? It is written, what shall it profit a man to gain the
whole world, but loose his soul in hell. If you haven’t accepted Jesus as your savior, then you
are already living the plan that Satan has for your life. To sum it all up, live life on Satan’s
plan, and suffer eternal damnation, or get with God’s program and live the abundant life he
promised, with the reward of eternal life through Jesus Christ.
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