And constantly cajole us,

To trust the Lord

And obey.

To trust the Lord,

And obey?

But why,

Would Satan ever want

To see us strive to live

A righteous life?

Because isn't he,

The enemy,

Of every high

And holy thought?

And doesn't he,

Always seek to cause

Adversity,

For everyone

Who wants to do

What Jesus taught?John 14:23-24

Yes.

But what the subtle Tempter

Hopes we don't know,

Is how he often seeks

To hide his hatred

And his enmity,

By cloaking his intentions

And his dark identity,

By sounding almost,

Exactly like

The Holy Spirit,

Speaking in our ear,Isaiah 30:21

Instead of sounding

Like our evil enemy.

Because he,

Whom we rightly call

The Great Deceiver knows,

That if we try

To serve the Lord

The way that he instructs us to,1 Timothy 4:1

While thinking we are heeding

What the Holy Spirit

Says we ought to do,1 John 3:10-15Galatians 5:16-17

Then we will falter,

And become discouraged,

And surely fail,

Because he makes us focus

On our own needs first,

Instead of on the needs

Of those around us.

Or,

The Devil doesn't

Mind at all,