Why does it seem easier sometimes to hold onto the lies of the devil, rather than to truly embrace the truth of God’s promises? I know for many years of my life the reason I held onto the lies is because I feared I’d be disappointed. And yet the reality was I lived in disappointment because I wouldn’t let go of the lies. Disappointment surrounded me. I was disappointed with myself, my marriage, my husband, with God, my finances, and I lived with a fear that my life would never change and the desires of my heart would never come to pass. Even though I heard, “All things are possible with God,” my heart believed the lie that it probably wasn’t going to happen for me.
The devil deceived me into believing that if I truly trusted God, I’d just end up disappointed, so I thought I was protecting my heart from that pain by holding onto this lie, when all along this lie was creating the pain and keeping me in bondage to disappointment.
Agreeing with the lies of the devil created so many broken places in my heart that when the truth was presented to me it just leaked out of the holes in my heart. Just like the parable of the sower, the enemy came immediately to steal the truth so that it never produced God’s promise in my life. I remember being so filled with doubt and unbelief that my heart became hard and angry. I was miserable. The lie I thought was protecting me was actually bringing death to every area of my life.
I can remember like it was yesterday the day my heart began to heal. I cried out to God from the depths of my heart. I so desperately wanted to be free. “Jesus, help me! Show me the truth that will set me free. Help me to trust You with all of my heart.” That simple prayer has totally changed my life.
Now that I know that negative emotions are symptoms of believing the devil’s lies, every day when the devil throws his lies at my heart, I have a choice to make. I now know if I hold onto the lie, it will produce death in my soul; so once again I turn to the One Who loves me and say, “Lord, show me the truth of your love. Set my heart free.” He is so faithful to whisper once again His words of love into the depths of my heart and then gives me the power to trust that what He says about me and my family is the absolute TRUTH! I am who my Father says I am because of Jesus!
My life has been totally transformed by letting go of the lies and agreeing with the One Who loves me. I no longer live in disappointment. The truth has set me free. I continue to experience the abundant life that Jesus came to give me because the truth is “those who agree with Jesus and put their trust in Him will never be disappointed” (Romans 10:33)
Connie for several years I had chosen to believe those lies too,I was a complete mess and then the Lord lead me to His truth!Since I have been trusting him in every part of my life,I have been able to see the beauty of what I was missing.By believing those lies I was unable to see the good He had already done for me.Now with my eyes open I am able to see God's great love for me and for my family.I choose to believe God and what God says about me and my family.Praise you Holy Father,Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHe is so faithful to whisper once again His words of love into the depths of my heart and then gives me the power to trust that what He says about me and my family is the absolute TRUTH! I am who my Father says I am because of Jesus!
ReplyDeleteI AM SPECIAL, HE LOVES ME AND I HAVE AN EDGE WITH GOD!!! WOW WEE
Connie, I love what you wrote here, "The devil deceived me into believing that if I truly trusted God, I’d just end up disappointed, so I thought I was protecting my heart from that pain by holding onto this lie, when all along this lie was creating the pain and keeping me in bondage to disappointment."
ReplyDeleteIts like hanging on to the 'familiar' because at least that's what we know, even if it is painful. What we may not have experienced is the joy of living loved and therefore, its 'scary' that it might not be true.
Keeping our eyes on Jesus (the Truth) settles all of the unknown because His perfect love casts out all fear!
Jesus doesn't love me, because he has been dead for a very long time and his body has most likely completely decomposed. I also do not know how to use telepathic abilities to talk to the deceased. I prefer to stick with my own free thoughts, and use them to communicate with, care for and respect myself, my friends and family, as well as the human race as a whole.
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