08/05/2026
Oh how sharp the serpent wrestled
Subtle, quick, unseen.
He moves not with a shout but a whisper —
not with force, but with suggestion.
He appears not with horns and fire,
but with charm, light, timing, and convenience.
He gives you what you want, not what you need —
and calls it “God’s hand.”
He cloaks himself in peace,
yet war crouches beneath the silence.
He hands you a job and sales that fits your dreams,
but pulls you from your calling.
He gives you a partner who feels like peace,
but her presence starves your purpose.
He sends a man who prays,
but not one who obeys.
He leads you to platforms before you're ready,
then watches as pride devours you on stage.
He opens doors God didn’t knock on,
then calls it “favor.”
He copies the voice of God,
but lacks His fragrance.
He tells you “you’re ready”
while heaven is still training you in private.
To the youth, he comes as freedom —
“do what you want, it’s your truth.”
But slowly, you wake up *owned* by the very choices
you once celebrated.
He makes sin look like self-expression.
He wraps bo***ge in beauty.
He baptizes compromise in comfort.
He sells distractions as destiny.
And when you finally fall,
he disappears —
then returns to accuse you
with the very trap he laid.
Oh how sharp the serpent wrestled.
Subtle, quick, unseen.
But the Spirit of Truth still speaks —
if you would be still, and listen.
(post picture shows prophet David rauf at Good News Zimbabwe)
written by TOBIVOICE