Nearly everything we buy and use can be counterfeited. Designer handbags. Cosmetics. Drugs and medications. Dollar bills. Websites. Sporting and theater tickets. Jewelry. And deepfake videos.

It’s all from Satan. In Revelation, we see him attempting to counterfeit what the Lord has done. He tries to create a false trinity with himself, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet (Revelation 12–13). He promotes idolatry and offers counterfeit gods. But while Satan can copy, his creations are only designed to trick us.

The Holy Spirit lives within us, and we are anointed with Him. One of His assignments is to guide us into all truth (John 16:13). It’s important to walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16) and to be filled “with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives” (Colossians 1:9, NIV).

Ask God right now to keep you filled with His Spirit of wisdom and discernment.

A counterfeit god is anything so central and essential to your life that, should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living.
Timothy Keller