Do you believe in magic

I have always been fascinated with the supernatural.  However, I was raised in the church.  I have always known that witchcraft and the occult were not to be dabbled with.  Only recently, however, have I been able to reason why I was so fascinated by it.  It goes way back so please be patient with me. :)

In the midst of my abuse and the aftermath, I developed a vivid fantasy life revolving around a family unit with powers and total dedication to each other.  "We" had the power to change shape and breathe underwater.  We were also very wealthy.  This was a direct contrast to my feelings of powerlessness, betrayal, un-loveliness, poverty.

In addition there were a number of television shows that combined family values and humor with the supernatural. "Bewitched", "The Munsters" and "The Addams Family" showed those same attributes:  close families with comfortable lifestyles and magic.  I was about 10 and wanted to marry Gomez Addams.

Fast forward 20 years and the paranormal fiction like  "Twilight" and "Vampire Diaries" as well as paranormal erotic literature can be purchased at bookstores or watched on television or in theaters.  Why?  What is the lure?  What are some of the lies magic tries to sell us?

Control

Lie:  
Magic controls You can tell the future. Mind control.  Control of the environment.

Truth:
Only God is in control.  Even our creator does not take away our right to choose our direction. However, one of the fruits of the spirit is self-control. Give control of your life to an all-knowing God who loves you. 

Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

Power

Lie:
Supposedly it can create wealth, love or a different destiny. You can go from powerless to powerful.

Truth:
There is power in God through Christ.  The power of the Holy Spirit. 

Jeremiah 32:27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?"

Ephesians 3:14-15 "For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man

Life

Lie:
The lure of long life.  Avoiding death.  Life after death. A stronger powerful body.

Truth:
The lure of long life
John 5:24 (NKJV)
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life

Avoiding death
Revelation 20:6 (NKJV)
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Life after death
I Thessalonians 4:16 (NKJV)
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

A stronger powerful body
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 (NKJV)
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Put your faith in God not "magic". Be Blessed.