Daily Devotional for April 1, 2020
April Fool
“Guess what!” exclaimed Skyler when Milo walked into the kitchen for breakfast. “There was a water pipe break, so they canceled school for the day.”
Milo didn’t see the twinkle in his sister’s eye. “All right!” he exclaimed. “I’m going to play my new video game and…” His voice trailed off as his sister started laughing.
“Actually, there was no water pipe break. We still have to go to school. April Fool!”
Milo groaned, but then he grinned back at her. “Just you wait, Sky. I’ll get you back!”
Later that day, Milo saw his sister in the hall between classes. “Hey, Skyler! Good news! Remember when you told me you hoped your softball team would qualify for the regionals? Well…” He
smiled and didn’t finish the sentence.
This time it was Skyler who missed the twinkling eyes. “We’re going to play in the regionals?” she asked excitedly. “Wow! How did you find out about…” Skyler stopped. “Milo! Are you paying me back for the joke I played on you this morning?”
“Yep!” said Milo. “Gotcha! April Fool!” They both laughed.
When Milo and Skyler told their parents about the April Fool jokes, Mom smiled. “You both were easily tricked into believing something you really wanted to believe,” she said. “That’s interesting.”
Dad nodded. “Maybe it should remind us how important it is to make sure what we believe is true, not just what we’d like to be true—especially when it comes to spiritual things. Satan is a great deceiver. A lot of people say things that sound nice but aren’t really true.”
“Like…that everybody will go to heaven?” Milo asked.
“Or that our sin isn’t a serious problem?” Skyler added.
“Yes,” Mom said. “They may be completely sincere and really believe what they say, but that doesn’t make it true. The Bible says we’re all sinners in need of Jesus, and only those who trust Him will have eternal life.”
“That’s one reason why we need to read the Bible, isn’t it?” asked Skyler. “So we can know whether something we hear about God is true or not.”
“That’s right,” said Dad. “What the Bible says is always true.” CHARLES VANDERMEER
How about you?
Has Satan used people to tell you untrue things? That the so-called little wrong things you do don’t matter? That you’re a good person and can make it to heaven on your own? Or even that there really is no place like hell? Don’t be fooled. Ideas like those may sound nice, but they are not true. Check what you hear with what God says in His Word, the Bible.
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