Proverbs 7:10

 The book of Proverbs gives us a lot of instruction on a lot of different subjects. One subject that can keep us in God’s wisdom is Godly Follower-ship. Who we follow; where we follow; how we follow are all spoken about in Proverbs. Here is one of them about temptation:

Proverbs 7:10

And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

Each of us, every day, are confronted by people who are there to lead us astray from the course God has set us on. The woman met the naive one, in chapter seven, and uses the "eye-gate" to entice him. She dresses in an attire pleasing to his eyes but deceptive beyond the eyes. We seldom can see what we need to see. In the forefront is what temptation wants us to see. Inside and beyond the visible is something we can't see. The deception Satan uses is creative and appealing. The world see's Satan as a horned, pitch-forked, scary animal. In reality he dresses up as a seductive mistress who is looking to bring us down. Everyday temptations are beautiful to the eye. The only way to know what is cunning of heart is to be able to look through the deception with the eyes of faith. God gives us insights to avoid temptation. But, we have to live by faith to see what Satan has posed to us. If we don't act by faith we will respond to sight and destruction follows.  Notice what Paul says about Satan and his deception:

2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV Strong's)

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Notice what he also says about what to do with these disguises and schemes of the Satan:

Ephesians 6:16 (ESV)

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

We have to be prepared to be tempted by the thing most pleasing to the eye.   That is why God gives us wisdom in the heart.