Satan’s very favorite tactic, from the beginning, has been to mess with our minds and to plant seeds of doubt in God’s faithfulness, God’s forgiveness, and God’s favor. This is the trifecta of freedom in a believer’s life. His faithfulness eclipses our clawing for control; his forgiveness erases debilitating guilt and shame; and his favor eradicates our need to look anywhere else for love than God himself.

