March 3rd, 2026.
Theme: Reclaiming Biblical Womanhood
“The enemy has not changed his strategy since Genesis. He targets women because deception there yields great damage.”
– The BUD Family Africa
Sisters, did you see the quote for today well?
Unfortunately, that is what it is.
You probably are asking ‘What strategy?’. Maybe you haven’t yet seen the strategy Satan used that fateful day and how he still uses same today. Let’s look at it together.
The strategy Satan used in Genesis 3 was simple.
The serpent did not start with “Disobey God.” He started with a question: “Has God really said…?” That question successfully planted doubt. God had spoken clearly. There was no confusion. But once Eve began to reconsider what God had already said, she stepped away from firm ground.
Then the serpent twisted the command. God had given them freedom to eat from EVERY tree except ONE. But when Satan would get into the case, he shifted the focus from all they were allowed to enjoy to the one thing they were told to avoid. Oh my! When attention moves from God’s generosity to His restriction, the heart begins to feel deprived instead of grateful.
When attention moves from God’s generosity to His restriction, the heart begins to feel deprived instead of grateful.
Next came a direct lie: “You will not surely die.” God had warned them plainly about the consequence but the serpent made it sound harmless. If sin has no serious result, then it feels safe, isn’t it? But once the consequence was made to look small, disobedience looked less dangerous. What a strategy!
After that, the fruit was made to look attractive. It was good for food. It looked beautiful. It promised wisdom. The temptation appealed to hunger, to the eyes, and to the desire to be more. It suggested that stepping outside God’s command would actually improve her.
It suggested that stepping outside God’s command would actually improve her.
Finally, the serpent suggested that God was holding something back. “You will be like God.” This was the deepest part of the deception. It painted God as someone limiting their potential. Instead of trusting that God’s boundaries were loving, Eve began to see them as restrictive.
So the strategy was this: make her question God’s Word, make God’s command seem unfair, make the consequence seem small, make disobedience look beneficial, and make independence look empowering.
Once trust in God’s Word was weakened, the action followed easily.
The Bible reveals in 2 Corinthians 11:3 that Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
The crux of all his deplorable ways is the intentionality to downplay the potency, seriousness, magnitude, and weight of God’s Word into something that does not necessarily matter.
Sarah’s story echoes the same pattern. She had heard the promise. She knew what God had said. Yet impatience whispered that perhaps the Word would not come to pass. As Adam listened to Eve, Abraham listened to Sarah. The result was a decision that altered generations. The consequences still ripple across history today.
The strategy has not changed!!!! My sister, it has not!
The enemy has not stopped wielding this weapon of deception. With the advent of the various new media, as cancer spreads, this deception has spread in leaps and bounds such that the Word of God has no authority among many, even among the women folks anymore.
Messages that question God’s design are now being repeated until they sound normal. Slowly, the Word of God is no longer treated as final authority but as one opinion among many.
Also Read: When the Bible Is Rejected, Identity Is Lost
The Scriptures say God instituted marriage. It was not a human invention. It was designed to reflect divine oneness in human form. Man and woman joined together in covenant, distinct yet united. Within that design, the woman was created as a helpmeet. That word does not mean inferior. It means a necessary strength, a corresponding partner, one who completes what is lacking. Her role was anchored in the home and in covenant partnership.
Deception attacks that very foundation. It does not always deny marriage openly. Sometimes it just weakens it quietly. It suggests that fulfillment is found outside of God’s order. It reframes helpmeet as limitation. It presents independence from covenant structure as freedom. When a woman begins to see her design as restriction rather than wisdom, the structure of the home begins to shake.
When this deception takes root, the effects multiply. A marriage begins to strain because two people are no longer aligned under God’s order. The home loses stability because roles are blurred or rejected. Children grow up without a clear picture of God’s pattern. If the home weakens, the church feels it, because the church is built from families. When families are unstable, the spiritual climate shifts. Society eventually reflects that instability.
It has now become common to tell a woman that her worth has nothing to do with the home. That her highest value is measured by visibility, income, or public success. Homemaking is treated as small. Nurturing is treated as secondary. Yet the shaping of souls, the building of a stable household, the quiet faithfulness of raising children in truth carry eternal weight.
The deception has grown stronger. What once felt natural now feels strange to many. A woman’s desire to be loved, protected, and cared for by a godly man is sometimes mocked as weakness. Yet the Bible shows that protection and leadership in marriage are part of God’s design. It was meant to be a partnership where strength and gentleness work together.
Today, many voices say men are the problem. For life to be better, men have to be hated, withdrawn from, treated harshly or avoid like plague altogether. Example is the 4B Movement in Korea that has spread to so many places today.
Marriage, which God created as a sacred covenant, is now treated as unnecessary. Cohabiting is presented as easier and smarter. When there is no promise, no vow, and no accountability, stability suffers. Children suffer. Homes become fragile.
At the root of all this is one main issue. The Bible is no longer treated as the final authority. When God’s Word is set aside, His design for men and women is also set aside. Once the foundation is removed, everything built on it becomes unstable.
When God’s Word is set aside, His design for men and women is also set aside. Once the foundation is removed, everything built on it becomes unstable.
The true verification of what is real and what is deception is to weigh it in the light of God’s Word. It is imperative to ask:
What has God’s Word said about this?
Will it make me more like Jesus?
Who will benefit from the action I take? God or the enemy?
Truth stands firm in the light of God’s Word. Deception fades when tested against it.
Also Read: There is no Loss in Being a Woman!
Shall we pray?
Father in Heaven, I come before You.
You are my Creator. You designed me with purpose. You defined womanhood before culture ever tried to redefine it. I acknowledge that Your Word is truth and Your intentions for me are good in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
Lord, search my heart. If I have believed subtle lies, expose them. If I have questioned what You have clearly said, reveal to me, oh Lord. Where my thinking has been shaped more by voices around me than by Scripture, bring me back to solid ground in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
Teach me to honor Your design for marriage and the home. Give me a heart that values what You value. Guard me from pride that resists Your order and from fear that makes me distrust Your wisdom. Let me see protection, covenant, and commitment the way You see them in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
Make me a woman who delights in obedience. Make me discerning in a noisy world. Help me weigh every idea in the light of Your Word. Let my life reflect peace, stability, and quiet strength because I trust You fully in the Mighty Name of Jesus.
Shape me to become more like Jesus in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Let my choices honor You and not the enemy. Keep me rooted in truth.
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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