Lies are all around us…

 Lies are all around us…

Daily we hear them and often we do not even give them a passing thought. Sometimes we might even utter them out of ‘convenience’.

Even if we do not hear the lies coming from others, most of us hear them in our head. Let me repeat that… MOST of us hear them in our head! Actually, everyone hears the lies at some point in their life. The question is what do you do with them? Do you rebuke them? Do you believe them? Do they define you and your circumstances?

I heard this song recently and immediately it called out to me.

𝗟𝗶𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, "𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿"

𝗟𝗶𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀

𝗦𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘄

𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗵 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁

𝗜'𝗺 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁

𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘁

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄

𝗦𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿, 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀, "𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲" 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁 𝗶𝘁

'𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗲𝗱

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹

𝗔 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘀

𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱

𝗢𝗵 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀

𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗵 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗜'𝗺 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁

𝗜'𝗺 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁

𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘁

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄

𝗦𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱

𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻' 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲?

𝗢𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱

Do YOU? Do you have it all together? Even slightly? Does anybody you know have it all together? If you think so, please go back to the top of the song and reread its words. Having ‘IT’ all together, whatever you think it is talking about, is FALSE! No one has it all together. None of us are anything but wretched sinners. Some of us are sinners that are saved by God’s grace. Others are just sinners still waiting for salvation. Where do you fall?

What about those around you? What about your church? Is it a hospital for the sick or a museum for the (self-proclaimed) Saint? I would beg that it is a place that sinners receive HOPE. A place where TRUTH can be shared. We don’t like for others to judge us, so we don’t attend church? Let me share a truth and then repeat it, everyone there is a sinner. Sin has no degrees, no BIG sin and no tiny sins. SIN is simply separation for a HOLY AND RIGHTOUS GOD. The only way to absolve our sin is through belief in JESUS.

So, what do we do with the lies? All the “I’m fine” when in reality your heart is broken.

We have to be honest, with others BUT especially with ourselves. The accusations are brought to us by the deceiver. We need to fairly evaluate them in the light of scripture, rightly discerning truth. God’s word can cut through the lies, but we have to BELIEVE it is TRUTH.

Hebrews 4:12

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

We can read scripture without belief, treating it as an old fairy tale or just a book of wisdom and it will not CHANGE us or our lives.

Hebrews 11:6

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

Romans 10:10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

What if you struggle with believing? You really want to, but you are just not quite sure.

PRAY! You do not how often I prayed “Father help me with my unbelief” as we walked through fighting cancer with Millie. I prayed, I cried out, I believed that God could heal her, yet I also knew that often healing comes in heaven. I knew that for Millie to be in heaven is truly the ultimate reward for her. We wanted us here with us, but we rejoice that she is with Jesus.

To all of you fighting a battle tonight…

To those of you that wonder if God even sees you…

To those that are scared that the bills won’t be paid, your child won’t be healed, or God can’t forgive all you have done, I leave you with a prayer straight out of the book of Mark Chapter 9, Verse 24…

“𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚; 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛.”