deception?

2 Corinthians 4:4
"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."

This week I had the pleasure of encountering satan head on. I was decived by a get rich quick skeem. I didn't not fully get into it, I just started looking into it, but with in a week of being strung along and told to wait for the next phone call or email, or step, I would get all my questions answered. The part where I caught on was when I was being asked to pay a big amount of money I did not have. Then once I saw that he steps included pay more money with each step to gradually find out the information needed to make this "work at home business work" I realized I was being tricked. I was very angry at first, I was hurt that someone would be do deceptive and not really lie to me but not give me all the information I needed to make a decision on whether or not this work from home job would be a good fit for me. They kept telling you just enough to get you hooked in and would tell you that you could not have your questions answered until the next phone call. This frustrated me and I kept pray to God to give me a sign on whether or not this was the direction he was wanting me to go to earn some extra cash for our family.

Well the sign was when they kept asking for money, so I ended it right there.
This home buisness was advertised on a christian radio station and I trusted that it would be safe and I would not be decived.

2 Corinthians 11:14-15
"And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising then, if his servants masquerade as a swervant of rightoueness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."

I did not believe at first that I was being devieved because I felt it was safe, christians would not advertise something that was a scam right? Well I believe this buisness was a legitimate business, and you could make money at it really, but the trick was, you needed to spend money to earn money. This was not something that was not given upfront. So I consider this a decpetion. God tells us to be honest with eachother and to always tell the truth, not only half of the truth to convice someone to do something.

I believe that even within the christian world satan uses his powers to devieve and draw us away from God. This is his goal, he does not want us to follow God and he wants to prove to God that he can bring us away. It is up to us to be aware of our surroundings, keep alert, and to daily be with God to keep ourselves guarded from satan's ways.

Ephesians 6:11
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes."

1Peter 5:8
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

I owe my ability to see where this instance was going to God, if he had not been with me I don't think I would have been able to see what was going to happen. These people were very convincing and made it all sound very good. But not once did they ever mention God and give him the credit for their success, so it was a not a christian buisness. If I had not been listening to God and been willing to watch for a sign from him. I had been in prayer asking God for that guidance.
So to all of you reading this, be aware, be on guard, arm yourselves with God's word and keep watch for the right and wrong turns in your life.