Hey, Girl.

Remember those Ryan Gosling “Hey Girl” memes? They usually had a picture of Ryan accompanied by the words “Hey Girl” and then paired with some sweet saying to make you feel better.

When someone approaches you with a “hey girl”, it lowers the defenses for some reason.

When the serpent came to Eve in the garden, I wonder if there was a “hey girl” tone in his voice. Had they spoken before? Why would she take his advice? He sounded like a trusted friend. There was something about him that made her question her Father. Maybe because she felt the “otherness” of God and a “sameness” with the serpent, she connected more with him. He seemed to have knowledge that she didn’t. After all, he was in the garden before she was (more on that later).

And then all Hades broke loose, and she saw she’d been deceived on purpose.

Deceived on purpose.

Father, who in my life am I listening to? Who is deceiving me concerning my purpose, telling me things that do not confirm what You’ve already said? After all, Eve was not wrestling flesh and blood in the Garden, and neither am I (Eph. 6:12).

Deliver me from every voice that is not Yours.

Thank You, Father. I love You, Lord.

In Jesus’ Matchless Name, amen. 

“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ” “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.”

Genesis 3:1-7 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/gen.3.1-7.NIV