"See how I love your precepts; preserve my
life, Lord, in accordance with your love. All your words are true; all your
righteous laws are eternal” (Psalm 119:159-160 NIV).
What
happens when someone lies to you? It is extremely difficult to accept other
words from them and it is harder still to allow yourself to trust the person
again. We sometimes are confused as we
try to understand how someone could do such a thing to us and they lose our respect
for them..
Yet
when it comes to the falsehoods of Satan, our world hardly gets angry and they
listen to him as he continuously lies over and over again. He is spewing lies every day in the world and
through every medium. Lies about
relationships, lies about selfishness, lies about sin, lies about God and even
lies that mock honesty as an important virtue.
From the first moments in the history of human beings, he has been lying
to the world. When he first speaks to
Eve, his words are dripping with lying inferences about God’s honesty and His
perfect love for Adam and Eve. Sin
enters the world as doubt lingers on the tempting words of the lies he speaks.
Many
times, I have listened to people lament their susceptibility to Satan’s
tempting lies straining to connect some truth in their minds to counter the
specific falsehoods they are struggling with.
All of us struggle to fight temptations even as we battle known lies. Many other times I have listened to hurting
and aching hearts that beset all who fall into various temptations. First from the consequences of their sin and
then from the guilt that sweeps over them like a giant wave. Sin is always confusing because it is based
on lies and it hurts because it always brings pain.
Contrast
all of that with the reality of a God that loves us more than we can
comprehend. Realize in an overwhelming
sense that we know the only true and living God that shows mercy and
forgiveness through our blessed Redeemer even in the face of our failures to
trust Him and His Word. Understand the
urges of the Holy Spirit that dwells in all that believe and are born
again. Throw the devil out of every part
of your life, turn away from anything he tempts you with, realize his
intentions and kick him out of your thoughts the moment he starts with all his
devious, rotten and stinking lies by the power of Jesus Christ.
Cling
to every word of truth found in the Scriptures.
Step fully into the true love of our Father in heaven and remember that
Jesus is not only the way and life but the living truth now and forever. Rest assured as you trust Him; that
everything, absolutely everything that God gives is true and everything that
Jesus speaks and the Holy Spirit reveals is true. Why, oh why listen for a
second to any thing else?
“Listen
to Me! Everything I say is right, for I speak the truth and detest every kind
of deception. My advice is wholesome, there is nothing crooked in it (Proverbs
9:6-8 NLT).
Suggested Reading … Psalm 119 & Proverbs 9
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