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I’ve been exploring “the lies we
believe”. This may take forever.
There are plenty of sources for
news around the nation and across the globe, which ones do we trust?
Personally, I think they all stretch the truth or spin it to their own
advantage or to back up their viewpoint. It happens on a local level, too. Putting
a spin on the truth has been around since the Serpent lied to Eve in the Garden
of Eden.
Pick a day or evening this week
when your schedule allows, and sit down with your Bible in your lap, close your
eyes for a minute and ask your heavenly Father to show you what lies you
believe. He may have you pick up that Bible and show your in specific verses, or
He may whisper to your heart. He may not seem to respond at all, but the next
morning, you may read it in a devotional, or hear it from a friend. You’ll know
it when you hear it.
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You may want to do this once a
week, because we all believe things that simply are not true. He won’t dump everything
on us at once, it would overwhelm us. And we may think He’s dismissing us when
He only reveals one lie at a time, but He knows how long we’ll need to process
these revelations.
Years ago, I discovered that not
everything I believe is actually true. Yes, it came as quite a surprise to me.
I dared to test the thought by asking God, “What lie am I believing?” (As if
there was just one.) Immediately, He replied, “That Joanne (my sister) is the
pretty one.” Joanne is beautiful; the lie was tucked into my beliefs was that
she was the pretty one and I was the ugly one. I giggled. I’m pretty, too? The
lies may be that simple. And the revelation that joyful.
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Or, the lies may center around
doctrine we’ve been taught, or about a relationship we’re in, or some other
life fact that we somehow got wrong. Those kinds of revelations can be a
crushing blow.
Either way, lie by lie – truth by
truth, we’ll be set free. We might cry tears of fear or tears of joy. Not to
worry; He’ll wipe away our tears and show us the truth. And as the saying goes,
the truth will set us free.
“And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces…” – Isaiah 25:8
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23
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