If there is one thing in life I can't stand - it's a lie. In our house we call lies dirty sins - and dirty sins need to be cleaned, you can use your imagination as to how we clean them. Lies choke the truth and they choke a person's integrity making them appear not trustworthy.
Today's reading is all about the lies that we live with, whether we tell them or they are told to us makes no difference. Satan lies to us as well. He does it four different ways: temptations, Accusations, Confusion, and Obstacles.
Temptations are those things that look good on the surface but we know that they are really not good for us. We often have this view of the Devil as a red man with a pitch fork and a spiked tail. This is probably not as accurate as we would like to believe. The devil often comes to us looking good - like something that we would want and then even though we know it's wrong...SNAP! He gets us.
Then when he gets his grubby little mitts on our lives, he convinces us through a whole new set of lies that we are too bad for God to forgive. Don't believe that even for a minute. Remember: there's nothing you can do to make God love you any less! That's not a license to sin but it is a reassurance that God is always looking out for YOU!
When the temptations and accusations don't work, he'll get creative and confuse us. We are so easily confused too. He'll tell us that doing something that we know is wrong only one time really isn't that bad. The bible reassures us again that this couldn't be further from the truth. Jesus went to the cross for that ONE "little sin." He had to suffer death even for that one little sin. No sin is OK in God's eyes but through confession (admitting those wrongs to God) we are forgiven.
Finally, Satan shows his crafty side when he puts road blocks in our lives. He'll use things that happen to stop us from seeing God. He thinks, or at least he acts like he is better than God, but you and I know different. Nothing can keep us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus! (paraphrase of Romans 8:37-39) This promise is true for you and me today and always.
How have you been lied to by Satan recently? How have you lied to God and others lately? What does it mean to you that God has already DONE EVERYTHING necessary to forgive you?
Read the italicized words above from Romans 8:37-39 - What does this mean to your life today?
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