The Velvet Ant

Satan . . . transforms himself into an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:14

There’s a strange little insect called the velvet ant—attractive, as ants go—garbed in a thick coat of tiny hairs that feel smooth and velvety. But it’s all a disguise. This tiny creature isn’t an ant at all, but a wingless wasp with a nasty sting. After injecting its victims with venom, it lays its eggs in their incapacitated bodies.

How like Satan! He’s a venomous impostor who wants to implant his warped ideas into the dulled hearts of his victims. One of his cleverest strategies is to make evil seem desirable. Just consider today’s movies. Sexual sin of every type is glamorized and glorified. Profanity appears as righteous indignation. Fame captivates. Fortune beguiles. Violence titillates.

Or take modern faith fads. Satan doesn’t mind if we become religious, just so long as it remains politically incorrect to proclaim Jesus Christ as the only name under heaven whereby we must be saved.

Paul told the Corinthians, “I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:3).

Be on guard! Don’t fall for Satan’s frauds.