When We Believe Lies

 

When We Believe Lies

Joshua 9 especially verse 14

14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.

     It only takes a simple prayer.  “What do you think, Lord?”  We hear many things.  A cacophony of sounds streams along in the wind.  Sometimes they get organized to agree with our inner thoughts and suspicions.  As a seed, it must be watered.  Sputtering lips shout obscenities.  Against such, we dismiss.  It is the gentle, continuous rain that soaks the ground even undetected.  Before long, our fertile ground becomes a swamp smelling of dank odor.  The vine wraps to warp other perceptions of ourselves if we believe.

     I heard a counselor say it quite often is a core lie.  In his experience, troubled ones have swallowed a primal misconception from which other skewed thoughts emanate.  Have you believed another’s rejections of you?  Derogatory in nature, these poisoned darts sometimes come from ones closest.  In anger, we shout in criticism.  Words as these leave their wound.  Other times, the world with continual waves lap on our beach nearly driving us nuts!  And we are worn down to accept their views.

     Essential it is then to know the Father’s opinion of you.  Where do you stand before Him in His courts?

Romans 8:31 “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”

     He talks of His work in you here.  What He has started, He will finish.  If God is in the process of making you better, there is hope.  So maybe you did screw up.  So.  God is at work.  What is now will be changed.  We have that promise.

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