Blame It on the Devil

 

 

 

We like to blame the devil

For every conceivable wrong

As though he always determines

When we are weak or strong.

 

I don’t only mean sinners

But I mean the Christians too,

They popularize the Devil

By the things they do.

 

Like a particular village dog

Renown for stealing eggs,

Every time an egg was missing

For its life it had to beg.

 

There were other dogs around

No doubt that liked eggs too

But this particular thieving dog

Was the only one they knew.

 

 

The devil made me do it

Was a line in a popular TV show,

Blame it on the devil!

Since he is everybody’s foe.

 

It is now very convenient

Every time we do some evil,

“I am not responsible,” they say.

Blame it on the devil!

 

Preachers, priests and Popes

Politicians, Parliamentarians and PM’s,

Even the police in their blame

Say the devil is the problem.

 

School children gone crazy

Blame it on the devil!

And adults becoming sleazy

Blame it on the devil!

 

The church has lost its way

Blame it on the devil!

We changed the meaning of gay

Blame it on the devil!

 

Everybody is a pretender

 Blame it on the devil!

Some don’t even know their gender

Blame it on the devil!

 

Murders on the increase

Blame it on the devil!

And crime just would not cease

Blame it on the devil!

 

For every evil thing we do

Blame it on the devil!

That means me and you too

Blame it on the devil!

 

After all he is D EVIL

He is doing what he does best,

While four-fifths of his name is evil

He is responsible for the whole mess.

 

Blame it on the devil

We adamantly insist

But renege on the biblical injunction

Which is, “to resist”.

 

Resist the devil and he shall flee

Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you,

In every temptation God will make a way

Blame it on the devil is a cop-out view.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2019

 

No Lot o’ Long Talk

 

“Did God really say?”

What an introduction!

And with that, Eve’s brain-gears

Spun into action

God had spoken clearly

Eve had clearly understood

But that wily serpent, the devil,

Got under Eve’s hood.

“Did God really say that?

I wonder why would He,

Considering the fact

That it is He who made the tree?

“Why would He, pray tell me,

In this beautiful garden put a tree

And then instruct you and Adam

To see and don’t see?

It doesn’t make sense to me

And it doesn’t sound like God,

Unless of course...”

More doubt injected the fraud.

“Unless of course... of course

He wants to toy with you.

Why else would he tell you, don’t

And then put the tree in plain view?

I will tell you something

It will do you well to believe.

God is hiding something from you

That He has and you don’t, Eve.

God knows if you eat of that tree

You will become like God.”

You see, Satan had tried it and failed

But after all he is the Fraud.

If only Eve had known

What Satan knew,

She would have obeyed God

But she hadn’t a clue.

Why didn’t God warned her

About this subtle creature?

Surely it would have helped

If she had seen the whole picture.

But God held back information

That was important to Eve

And the devil capitalized on it

And Eve was deceived.

So, the devil outsmarted God

To the detriment of Eve

And then God punished Eve

After she was deceived.

So God must take the blame

For Eve’s mistake

Even though the news Satan brought

Was the kind they call fake.

We made the same blunder

Maybe even today,

God gave us an instruction

And we disobeyed.

Next we blamed God

For the trouble that came

And accused the Holy Spirit

For not playing our game.

Eve was given a clear directive

She should have obeyed

But like us, she spent time with Satan

Day after day.

Which brings me to the point

That I really want to make,

That we throw words at God

But the devil we won’t forsake.

Our conversations with the devil

Originate in our heart

And while we give God lip honor

We never bid Satan depart.

  

The heart is the principal thing

When we talk to God

But more often than not,

That’s how we engage the Fraud.

Eve spent too much time

Talking to him

And with that came

The all embracing sin.

It is not for us to understand why

When God gives a directive

 But obey it to the letter

And let it be instructive.

Satan does what he has to do

Because he has limited time,

And he is not as smart as you think

For his tricks are one of a kind.

It’s the same old trick he put to Eve

It’s getting us to doubt

But we need to put him in his place

By simply saying, “Get out!”

Get out of my conversations!

Get out of my life!

Get of my home

And away with your strife!

Get out of our schools

And out of our churches too!

Jesus is our Saviour

And there’s nothing you can do.

 No lot o’ long talk

Neither from the lips nor the heart,

And when you get tired saying, “Get out!”

Just simply say, “Depart!”

Stewart Russell © October 2019