Why man fell
I have heard people say that man was deceived and that brought about the fall of man. Yes, man could be deceived but what was man doing before he was deceived. Deceit is not like an arrow that can being thrown without deliberately targeting a particular point.
If deceit is an arrow that means man was actually at the place where he should not have been when the arrow was shot. It hit him and pulled him down. There is a reason why man failed and that is what we should draw out from this episode.
The word deceive means to trick or mislead someone. To trick or mislead someone that means for deception to take place there is a giving end and a receiving end. There is one that trick and there is one that is tricked. There is one that mislead and there is one that follows the leading. There is no act of deception that does not involve the link of two parties.
There is no act of deception that does not involve the link of two parties
I believe you are getting the point, that man was deceived was never the greatest challenge at the moment. Man was deceived because he accepted the process to be deceived. Don’t be confused yet. I want you to understand that deception has two points, the releasing point and the receiving. Obviously, for deception to occur if the words are release and there is no receiving end, it will amount to nothing. Let us quickly look at the scripture where it all began.
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Genesis chapter 3 verses 1)
This very verse says the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. The serpent was clever but his been more clever was limited within the animal kingdom. All the cleverness of the serpent was rated high based among the beast. We need to understand what it takes to be deceived if one should be deceived. The cleverness of serpent did not supersede the cleverness of man.
Man was deceived because he accepted the process to be deceived
Man created in the image and likeness of God has the highest wisdom in operation in him at the moment. If truly he was wisest how then he was deceived. The next statement in that very verse says, ‘And he said unto the woman’ Who said unto the woman? Where was the woman when the conversation began? Was communication ever made to take place between the two? We can always find the right answer when we know the right question.
One the reasons man failed was because he was paying attention to what he or she shouldn’t have paid attention to. Deception can never established itself. It first seeks an attention, then proceed to communication ,then resulted to deception. It was attention! Why were you paying attention to an enemy you know you should not have anything to do with in the first place. It was on this revelation than the first letter to the church at Corinth Paul wrote,
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.” (1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 33)
Eve tried one and she was never proud to tell the story
Attention is the starting point of any rising and falling. When one pays attention to the right person, it brings elevation. But when one pays attention to the wrong person it brings demotion, humiliation and falling apart. Who and what are you paying attention to? It will either make you or mar you. When you pay attention to the wrong person and think that nothing will happen is as old as the garden of Eden where Eve tried one and she was never proud to tell the story.
It might be that you are in relationship now and you are receiving all the signals that this person is not real yet you choose to accommodate it. Some day you will wake up only to realise you are pregnant for someone you think really loves you but he never did. Once he is aware you are pregnant, he will start shying away from you. You will be of no interest to him again because he never had the right motive in the first place.
What you pay attention to will either make you or mar you
He knows the fact that both of you were in a relationship. He acknowledges the fact that both of you even slept together. He also acknowledges the fact that he told you that he loves you but he cannot acknowledge the fact that he ever told you that he will marry you. Of course that simply means he is walking away. Then you start crying and start telling everyone that he deceived you. No you are the one who pushed yourself into deception in the first place. This can happen the other way round.
Women seek attention but no whose attention you seek. Your whole attention is for your spouse if you are married and never seek attention from your boss at the office or an outsider. Remember, Eve tried one with a stranger and the story was disastrous. Never you think treading the same path that yours will be pleasant.
Conclusion
Seeking attention in the wrong direction will always lead to a bitter memory. It is better and wise to be alone than treading the path of destiny with the wrong person by your side. Look at the person you always go to for attention, is he or she worth it. Be wise.
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