Good Morning! Are you surrounding yourself with friends
who tell you the lies you want to hear? Our sins pull us down, they blind us. They help us believe things we know to be wrong,
are O.K.. After all, we're only human,...and no one is perfect,...Right? I can truly say, "Truth was my biggest enemy,...until it became my best friend." Even those whose sin have taken them to the heights of wealth and power need to hear and know that. After the truth came out about
corruption in several major US corporations and banks, a reporter said, "This
isn't just about executive over inflated salaries and perks,...it's about greed and truth."
Am I now your enemy, just because I told you the truth?—Galatians 4:16 (AAJE)
Am I now your enemy, just because I told you the truth?—Galatians 4:16 (AAJE)
Just like these corrupt
executives, Israel's King Ahab was a rich and powerful person,...who got in
trouble because he surrounded himself with advisers who told him the
lies he wanted to hear,...rather than the truth he needed to know (2
Chronicles 18:4-7). His friends led him to a tragic dead end (v.33-34).
Unlike Ahab, I came to the point of realizing that lies I loved, were
just fake friends. In that moment, I turned and faced my biggest fear," truth". Truth about myself, my life, my choices, and when I did,...I found that what I was running from, was actually what I was looking for: God.
All my attempts to save myself with lies led to the brink of
self-destruction; but when I turned to the God of all truth, He made me a
new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). Make truth your friend today, face what you've avoided up to now.
Those who continue to listen to lies, can lose the ability to ever hear the truth.
Father God, give us the strength to turn and face our enemies "lies", and let us learn to walk in the Light of Your Truth. Amen.
"Focus on the Kingdom of God,...don't give up, and don't give in."
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