So here’s a pretty simple riddle:
How many small letter “a”(s) would you need to get a capital letter “A”?

If you were typing a document with a computer system you might as well hit on the “a” key a million times and you still will not get a capital letter “A” up until you turn on the CAPS lock button!

Here in lies the greatest and most recurrent trick the devil ever played on us all. SUBSTITUTES.

When one is really thirsty, no matter the amount of liquids at the disposal of that individual, he would still need water to quench his thirst. Now it doesn’t matter that all these other liquids actually contain water, he’ll still need just water to feel really refreshed but if there is none in sight he’ll have to keep on trying these “substitutes” and no matter how many tries he’ll only get real satisfaction when he gets the real deal: CLEAN WATER.

Just like thirst we all possess needs and it is these needs that in most cases drive our actions and decisions all to one primary goal: SATISFACTION.

Now this did not spring up out of the blues and note this, we were not created this way, it was the sin of the first Adam and Eve that set us all for an infinite search for fulfillment and satisfaction. However, just like thirst the moment we lost sight of the “original” no amount of substitutes would get us the satisfaction we so crave.

But Our Father in heaven was and is so loving, He would provide a saving grace for us all(with our consent of course). In His Son Jesus Christ, He provided a gateway back to Himself cos truth be told all we ever needed was and is in Him. It is no mystery really, after all He made us but this truth in all its simplicity is presently Devil’s most kept secret!

You see he(devil) wants to keep you away from the original so he’ll keep providing you with unending suggestions to keep you lusting and ultimately under his control cos he knows if you don’t get the original or he convinces you into believing the original is way too “boring” you’ll always be coming for more cos you’ll never be satisfied.

This is the underlying concept that fuels addictions. In a bid to attain a certain “high” we allow intake of elements that we know are harmful to us because every time and again we feel this “high” will do it for us. Sadly when we encounter this much desired ecstasy, to our dismay, it doesn’t last forever and sooner than we expected we are back and we have sunk even lower so much so we are again out and about looking for the next substitute to get us that short glimpse of “heaven” and that one ultimate desire; SATISFACTION.

Unfortunately, we would never be satisfied cos the devil who willingly provides us with all these substitutes does not have true satisfaction. He may have thousands of really good look-a-likes but he ain’t got the original because that has been patented to God Almighty and Him alone. Now the devil knows this and it is what puts him(devil) on edge because if you ever encounter true satisfaction you would have no need for his substitutes a.k.a sins and then he has lost out on taking you to hell along with him.

Know this, he(devil) will never stop providing substitutes by the millions and proof to that is the wealth and growth of the tobacco and pornography industries amongst a host of many others so its no wonder that the older generation will always refer back to the good old days.

This is more than an article you are reading. This is your deliverance. God is standing by with so much love he is just waiting to share and all He is waiting for, is your consent. So again I ask:

How many substitutes would you need to get an original?

STOP SETTLING FOR LESS

GET GOD AND GET THE BEST