No More Lies

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.

Have you ever noticed just how easy it is to get caught up in the midst of a lie? Take for the example the lies we tell when we we explain why we didn't answer our phone.

"My phone battery was dead. I was in the middle of something. And my favorite, I don't have a missed call."

The truth is you were watching t.v., mindlessly staring at the paint on the wall or you just didn't feel like talking. Instead of giving any one of these truthful responses, we relax our way into a lie. A lie that lacks purpose. A lie that is so inconsequential that we forget that it is a lie as soon as we utter the words. 

Would you lie if you believed that the penalty was death? That is a simple enough question and I'm certain that if you or I were seriously faced with it we would say no. No, I will not tell a lie if death is the penalty. The problem is that death is in fact the penalty, 

When we lie it causes a separation in our relationship with God. This separation is a form of spiritual death. Each lie that is told, kills something in our spirit man. This causes our spirit to focus all of its attention on fighting off the effects of the lie. 

Every lie that we tell leaks poison into our spirit man. The infection enters and promptly begins to shut down our spiritual organs.  During this time, our flesh grows stronger so we may appear to be happy, relaxed, or in complete control. The truth is the lie is killing us. It is blocking the once clear artery reserved for carrying truth. And though the lie may not immediately stop our natural heart from beating, continuing to harbor the infection in our spirit will force us to remain separated from God. The longer we are separated from God, the harder it is to return to the Truth.

Adayinthelife :-)