Cat and Mouse.
People can be the Mouse, while Satan’s the Cat.
I had a godly lady tell me she had a vision about me.
She saw Satan using a man to toy with my emotions,
and if I didn’t learn to recognize the coyness, it would happen again and again.
Some men like to toy with women. It might be while they are in the flesh, not quite walking in the Spirit.
Or, maybe they are not Christians and just wanna have fun.
When I hear of women who are so sure God told them something very specific for their (maybe) future husband, they can get entangled. I have heard specific instructions or details that men and women have heard and they will not let go. One man was waiting for a lady who told him she was not interested, but he says he knows God is going to make it happen and he’s trying not to lose faith, but he can’t shake it. It has been 12 years now.
It is a plot of the enemy. People in the bible have asked the Lord for signs such as when Abraham’s servant was sent to his brother Abraham’s brother, the servant prayed that the Lord would show him who He had chosen for Abraham’s son: One who drew water out of the well and also offered him water for his camels.
And he said O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee,
send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
Behold, I stand here by the well of water;
and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher,
I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say,
Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also:
let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac;
and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold,
Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin,
neither had any man known her:
and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
And the servant ran to meet her, and said,
Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted,
and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said,
I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough,
and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:17-20
Signs like that can and do still happen. The problem is is that Satan can get in the mix sometimes and counterfeits what God might say and people fall for it. We must exercise our senses, be in tune with the Lord and His word.
There are times when God performs what we request of Him as a fleece or a sign that He is speaking to us, so that we can be sure He is telling us something. A lot of these people do not realize they are being tossed to and fro while the devil is having a jolly time getting you off focus.
Ask for wisdom. Pray for discernment. Continue in His word and seek the truth.
Don’t forget, our adversary is lurking about, trying to destroy us any way he can.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Peter 5:8
While God does give us faith to wait for promises, God does not string us along by giving us various “signs” that go against the wisdom in His word.