We often shy away from conversations that question the evil we are taught the devil possesses
We often than not have terrible things to say about this creature
We cuss him, blame him for every “misfortune” we encounter
But let’s stop to think about why it turned out this way
They say it’s pride…
A beautiful creature, with the most pleasant singing voice in all of the heavens, woke up and planned treason
He wanted to overthrow the Almighty
I stop to think sometimes
He knew the Almighty created every single thing he saw… yet he still thought he could become king
He got kicked out, not destroyed
Now man
The Almighty made man and loved him so much
The devil came, spoke to man, and man disobeyed
Man was kicked out too
Both cases of betrayal
But man was given a second chance… or rather, man was willing to accept restoration
And that is where the devil lost it.
He had known the Almighty longer
Yet he was never - still is never - ready to let go of his ego, his pride
To come back and say, “I was wrong”
Man has fallen countless times after the first fall
Yet whenever man comes with a contrite spirit, he is welcomed
The devil never apologised
Man’s apology is sometimes not genuine
His contriteness sometimes temporary
According to my logic, both man and the devil are not worthy of the Almighty’s attention
One, a stiff-necked prideful creature
The other, a self-contradicting, unstable one
But the Almighty’s logic is different
Maybe He doesn’t need a full turnaround
Maybe He just needs you to be aware… and acknowledge that you are lacking
The devil would never
And we humans… we don’t sometimes
When misfortune happens
We blame the devil: even when we are the cause
We fall and blame the devil
We do evil and blame the devil
The devil has become a shield in place of accountability
A pit we throw ourselves into so we don’t have to look inward
We forget he is also God’s creation
And one day… who knows
He may apologise
Genuinely
And if that happens… what becomes of the world?
This “balance” we talk about
Good and evil
Suffering and bliss
Life and death
What if it isn’t balance… but distortion?
This wasn’t the original plan
Man brought sin and death
The devil championed it
So if the co-author of suffering ever lets go of pride…
Does everything collapse back to what it was meant to be?
A world where power, wealth, and dominance don’t divide us
Where no one is above another
Where everyone is equal… simply because they exist
Now the real question
Would man even want that?
Would we be ready to let go of pride completely… to embrace that kind of humility?
I don’t think so
So before you blame the devil next time
Think about that
**My beliefs
I like to think that the devil is like a hurt child
angry that his Father chose to love others and treat them right
Not that I pity him
To me, he is almost… irrelevant
He has no real power over me or you
Without my consent, he can do nothing
And I think he knows that
Maybe that’s where his anger and hatred stems from
But still, anger doesn’t excuse pride
The Almighty made man higher
Gave man authority
So no, I don’t fear him
At best, he suggests
He cannot decide
What I do is still mine
And that alone removes him as an excuse
If he ever chooses to let go of that pride…
to admit he was wrong
Then maybe, just maybe, restoration is possible
But that would require something he has never shown
Humility
And until then
He is not my problem
Avoiding accountability is.