Deception

I have a houseplant that looks like a shamrock, but rather than the traditional green, it is a deep purple color and commonly referred to as a black shamrock. In my old house the plant had lots of indirect sunlight, but remained listless and seldom had new spouts coming up. In the new house the plant is on the kitchen counter under small LED strip lights and it is thriving, putting out new shoots every few days. It appears that the plant is being deceived by the fake light. Similar to the plant, believers too can be fooled into accepting a fake light. James said, “Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created” (James 1:16-18 NIV).