Purify Your Mind Series (Part 1) by Joe KirbySample

The Devil's Like the YouTube Algorithm

I’m often amazed at how YouTube knows more about what I’d like to watch than I do! Its algorithm is always presenting enticing videos related to my interests to get me to click on them. For instance, I’m very interested in cold water swimming, so when I log onto YouTube, there on my home page are videos all about cold water swimming that are too intriguing for me to resist, even when I’m supposed to be working!

YouTube knows exactly what to present in front of us to get clicks—and so does the Devil. He knows what tempts you better than you know yourself. In the battle against lust, there’s always a trigger point, and the crafty serpent knows which of your multiple trigger points will work in each particular situation.

It is different for different people. In one man, flattery is enough to poison the mind to lead him into sin. In another, discouragement will drive him into a need to self-soothe with sin. Just like Jesus is a fisher for men, Christ’s enemy, Lucifer, is also a fisher of men; and he will dangle all kinds of bait in your face all day long to get you to click on wrong images, or think evil thoughts, or even put yourself in wrong situations. So today, write down your trigger points because, once you know your Achilles heel, you will know how to guard against it when the Evil One comes knocking at your door.