Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, dumfounded…seeking:

“Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?”
(Judges 2:2)

Great question, Jesus:

Why would I disobey You?

Okay, okay – I’m a sinner.

I know this.

But surely I’m not stupid!

Okay, okay – I am stupid

sometimes
just a little.

All right – sometimes I’m stupid…

a lot.

But this stupid?

to knowingly disobey You?

C’mon.
I’m not that stupid.

When I look You right in the eye and sin
I’m not flunking an intelligence test.

I know Your plan is always superior to mine.
I know You love me and will bless me

if only I obey You with my whole heart.

Something else is going on, here.

It’s Satan, isn’t it?

Well, probably some third-rate demon he’s sicced on me.
I’m not really worth the big guy’s time.

But Y’know…

if I sent this little back-up twerp packing more often…

one day I might be.

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Matthew 9:32-33; Mark 7:24-30; Luke 4:33-37; Luke 8:26-39; Luke 10:17-20; John 5:19-20; Acts 19:13-17; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:7-12

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.