How To Avoid Becoming a Workhorse for The Devil

The easiest and most effective method the devil uses to hide light workers is by putting them in plain sight. He exploits them. Uses them. And never stops piling on the workload. How? Very simple. He asks everyone the same question, which leads them all to the same deceptive answer…

Q: “If what you’re doing is coming from a genuine desire to help others, how could it be wrong?”

A: “It can’t be. I must be doing the right thing!”

Stay with me…

This lie works because it looks like love. Sounds like love. Walks and talks like love. But it’s a cruel, devastating joke. When we fall for this trickery, we can sacrifice years of our lives pouring time, resources, and energy into a faux path.

Here’s How it Starts:

The devil simply whispers an idea into our mind that stirs our creativity and strokes our natural gifts. Once he’s in the door, he love-bombs our talents, filling our human ego with an unlimited supply of compliments and motivational self-talk.

He convinces us to say things to ourselves like…

“It will work because it’s love!”

“It will be received well because it has good intentions!”

“It will be successful because it’s what my whole life has led me to!”

“I’ve finally found my purpose!”

Here’s What Happens Next:

All hopped up on adrenaline and false promises from the devil, we make a major life choice: open a business, leave a marriage, quit a job, empty our savings to make a starter purchase, etc. Truly believing we have found our life’s calling, we begin to obsessively and relentlessly build our vision. We stop at nothing to make it real. Even if there are signs indicating we should stop, we don’t. We ignore our intuition and sacrifice everything.

Here’s How it Works:

The devil offers provisions when we choose a non-God-led path. He will make sure we taste success, whatever that personally looks like to us: money, lots of connections, power. But then when we’re riding that wave of victory, he pulls it all back and we fall. In our despair, some of us turn to God and get a course correction and major spiritual upgrade. Others seek another faux path and the cycle starts over.

Many people lose years slaving away, creating one failed project after another until they’re left with nothing and their whole life is in shambles. This is how the devil manipulates and humiliates us. Just because our heart is in the right place doesn’t mean what we’re creating is on God’s path for our life.

Here’s the Problem:

It’s subtle. That’s why the devil is called a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The subtlety that we miss isn’t in WHAT we’re creating, but in the fact that it’s NOT for us. Example: I was never called by God to be a missionary, or a youth pastor, or to preach in large auditoriums, or to start a Christian clothing company, but many people are. These are all beautiful, God-led paths, but they aren’t mine. I only know this because after I barreled down the wrong creative path and the devil dropped me, I turned to God and He illuminated the correct pathway for my life.

Here’s What to Do:

Go to God. Regardless of where you are right now, whether in a season of success, burn out, or failure, go to Him for guidance. Please do not waste another moment, dollar bill, or tear drop slaving away in the devil’s sweatshop of faux “life paths.” We all have ONE mission that God established for us in this life. In Jesus’ name, I pray that we all find the one meant for us. Amen.

With Love, Michelle