Has it occurred to you that some of the things you believe
are simply not true?
It’s easy to listen to others and pick out where they’re
wrong. (I’m not talking about opinions.)
Look at a moral topic where you’re hearing opposing views,
one (or more) can clearly be wrong.
I’m writing today to ask you to CONSIDER that there are
things you believe today that are not true.
We have an enemy, and yes – he lies to us. We believe those
lies because we don’t recognize them. As a matter of fact, Jesus calls Satan
the father of lies! (John 8:44 NIV)
I know I’ve touched on this topic before, but God is tugging
at my heart to write about it again.
It might be something easily dismissed because we think we
know better; pride might tell us we would never fall for a lie.
But we all do!
Satan is very convincing. It’s his self-appointed job to tear
us down, to plant seeds of doubt in our mind, and to convince us that God is
not good. He revels in telling us that we aren’t lovable and watches our eyes
fall when we believe it’s true. Then he piles on more self-debasing thoughts.
He’s subtle and sneaks in “little lies” that don’t seem to
matter. But they begin to pile up in our mind and before you know it, we’re
believing some seriously big lies.
The Bible tells us, “The thief [Satan] comes only to steal
and kill and destroy; [but Jesus says] I have come that they may have life and
have it to the full.” – John 10:10 NIV
We’re warned!
But most of us don’t understand just how sneaky and
treacherous he is. He hates you simply because God loves you. And that’s the
biggest truth he tries to hide from you - that God truly DOES love you. Satan
cannot stand it that God loves you and he fights to keep you from believing it.
He doesn’t want us to believe that God is good. We can come
up with too many evil things in the world – and Satan wants us to attribute them
to God, not him.
God. Is. Good.
How can we recognize these lies?
The ONLY way is to talk with our heavenly Father and ask Him
to show us the lies we’re believing.
He wants to show us. He won’t show you everything at once,
that would overwhelm us.
He’ll reveal them to us as He walks us through them, showing
us in His Word, HIS truth, the absolute truth. Jesus said, “I AM the Truth.” (John
14:6 NIV)
Romans 12:2 tells us not to conform to this world (don’t believe
the lies of this world), but to renew our minds. Our minds NEED renewing!
When we become His child, we turn from the lies of this world
and wash our minds with the Word of God.
NOTE: We won’t recognize lies if we don’t know the truth.
