Who’s Rattling Your Cage? - Gareth Davies

Matthew 4v5-7

Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

“If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you,

and they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’

Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

I once knew an elder who used to say, “who’s rattling your cage?” That is, when someone or something provokes you, is it God trying to guide you, or is it an enemy trying to confound you?

The trouble with enemy tactics is that he always deals in half-truth. A half-truth is something that seems to be right, but ultimately, a half truth is not the truth, because it is slightly distorted.

We live in a world of half truths. Every social media platform is engineered to work out what you like, what you dislike, and even what angers you, and it will show you content that triggers you emotionally based on what it knows about you. The news media is not much better. Very often we will see things that are half-truths, designed to spin things in favour of a certain point of view.

But there is good news: Jesus was not a stranger to dealing with half-truth. In fact, He was very adept and He gave us this example.

He didn’t react. He didn’t repost. He didn’t set up a petition or online forum. He merely responded with what the Word said.

Friends; in these days we must be people of the Word and people of truth. I encourage you to spend time in the Word, and trust His truth.