Ephesians 4:15 " Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will
grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that
is, Christ."
Hebrews 6:18 - "So God has given both his promise and
his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to
lie."
Proverbs 11:3 - "Honesty guides good people; dishonesty
destroys treacherous people."
Proverbs 12:5 - "The plans of the righteous are just,
but the advice of the wicked is deceitful."
Beloved, what is your perspective on truth? Do you really
know what TRUTH is (the actual state of a matter)? Are you a person who seeks, says, lives and
deals with things truthfully, stating them as they truly are? OR are you a
person who is quite content with the truth being shaded as long as it’s
acceptable and in the vicinity of what is true? I have found few believe there
is a need for stark truth when the comfort of lies is available. Most of us will and do lie often. We lie most
often to ourselves first, God secondly and lastly we will lie to others.
For a lie to be given life it must first be conceived with
pride as its father, and deceit as its mother. Pride is at is best description
faith above God in one’s self. And, pride refuses to acknowledge another’s need
to be told the truth over it (prides) own need to conceal it. Deceit is the
action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the
truth and is the land of lying most of us reside in. We dance artfully around truth by covering it
up because we think the better benefit is the lie. We will disguise a lie in
flattery and flowery words or just outright say what is isn’t… and justify that
by “they cannot handle the truth,” when if we spent a little more time
practicing telling the truth in love we could be honest and still be peaceful
and avoid being rude, hurtful or disagreeable.
We need truth like the air we breathe. Truth is light and
things that are beautiful grow best in light. God is truth and because in Him we live and
move and have our being…we suffer tremendously and wound ourselves skillfully
when we refuse to be TRUTHFUL. God does not bless lies. He will actually
uncover and expose lies eventually if not immediately. Lies have a short shelf
life. Truth lives forever. Take a truth test this week over everything you
think, say, do. ASK…is this TRUE? Then,
tally how much of your life is real and truthful or how much of your thoughts,
words, actions, your very life— is lost in lies. This is a very sobering
personal growth act of discipline, but is sorely needed in our society today. Truth
telling people are as hard to find as is anyone who knows how to love well.
Beloved, I am praying with and for you.
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