We’ve all heard it or perhaps have even been the one to say it as an awkward, insecure elementary school kid! “Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!” So now as grown ups, who would we chant that to with true grit and conviction? Who would we shout this to with righteous anger and a spirit that says “enough is enough!”?
Oh no! We’re not going to talk about the devil are we? We should not give him any credit or spend any time focusing on him! After all he’s just a character with horns, a pitchfork and a red suit that is waaaaay too tight on him! Well I for one spent years believing his lies! But one glorious day I had a revelation that one of his greatest schemes is to get the children of God to believe lies about God Himself, others and ourselves! He is the father of lies and there is absolutely NO TRUTH in him!
The power of a lie is that it masquerades as TRUTH! The Word says satan disguises himself as an angel of light! 2Cor 11:14 If you think that everything you believe is TRUTH, then you never question your thoughts and feelings! I can almost promise you, that without a doubt, every one of us is believing at least one lie! Most of us are buying into a number of lies perhaps about God or what we think about ourselves. If we never recognize a lie as a lie, then we are deceived into thinking that what we believe is truth so we never question it!
But Houston we have a problem! Lies create false beliefs which in turn cause a chain of events with damaging emotions, often wrong behavior and distorted views of who God is and/or who we really are! Who we believe God to be and how we look at ourselves and others is in direct correlation to what we believe! So if we are believing LIES about anything it can and will totally DISTORT our views and thus affect how we react and behave!
This is BIG dear ones!! Really really BIG!! I would venture to say if we counseled with every person in the prison system and prayed and asked God to reveal any lies they believe, I’m pretty sure there would be a long list for EVERY ONE! These lies resulted in behavior based on believing every one of those lies were true! I’m sure many heard these things growing up; You’ll never amount to anything! You can’t do anything right! You’re just like your father and he’s a loser! You’re so stupid! You’ll never change!
And for those of us that aren’t in a physical prison, we can become entrapped by lies in an emotional and sometimes spiritual prison that create feelings like fear, rejection, unforgiveness, anger, bitterness, insecurity, hopelessness and even things like self righteousness, self pity, legalism or pride.
Perhaps growing up you heard some of those same things mentioned above. Satan can use other people to speak his lies to us! You’ll never amount to anything! You’re so stupid! Or perhaps no one spoke those things over you but you’ve heard the insidious, persistent voice of satan in a deafening whisper, accusing you, accusing God or others with words of failure, contempt, hopelessness, hatred, unforgiveness, rejection, guilt, shame… and the list of accusations is endless! For satan is the accuser of the brethren and he accuses us day and night before God! Rev:12:10
So what lies are you believing? Obviously you can’t rattle those things off the top of your head since the very nature of a lie is deceiving you into believing it’s TRUTH, therefore never questioning it! One of the lies I believed for many years was that God’s love for me was based on how good I was, how much I prayed, read my Bible, how kind I treated my family and others, how much time I spent in church and on and on!
Growing up I heard from many sources: “God’s watching you and He’s not happy with what you just did!” So my view of God was that He was a hard taskmaster requiring close to perfect behavior from me which of course I could never accomplish! Unfortunately this type of performance based, conditional love, affected the kind of mother I was to my children! I expected close to perfect grades, behavior and attitudes and when I didn’t get that from my children, I responded harshly, lacking not even one ounce of grace! All because I believed a lie!
Thank the Lord this lie was exposed one day as a friend spoke the TRUTH to me and I was introduced to God’s grace….getting blessed by God when we don’t deserve it or earn it! It’s His gift to us because He is wild about us ya’ll! We are His beautiful mess and He loves us no matter what we’ve done or what we don’t do!! Word!!😉
The great news is that your Loving, Compassionate, Good Good Father (cue song!☺️), desperately wants to reveal every. single. lie. you believe and replace it with His TRUTH! He wants you to be FREE!
You see, when we believe lies that are counter to God’s TRUTH, it keeps us in bondage and puts us in captivity! These lies give us a distorted view of everything and this can lead to destructive behaviors like addictions, self-hatred, rebellion, promiscuity. It can also affect every relationship we have on earth! I’ve seen marriages and children and friendships damaged because of lies believed! I truly believe that these dear ones who take their own lives are listening to the lies satan is telling them and they truly believe there is no way out and no hope here on earth! Oh how crucial it is to expose this wicked scheme of the enemy who comes to kill, steal and destroy!
So how do we uncover these lies? Well that’s good news too!! All we have to do is sit before the Lord and ask Him to reveal them to us! We then need to dig into His Word to find out the TRUTH to dispel each specific lie! It’s all in the Bible! Amazing!
One day a few years ago, I felt prompted by God to sit quietly before Him with a pen and paper and ask Him to reveal any lies I believed. I questioned the Lord on this as I felt I had already done this many times before for many years! Surely every lie had been exposed by now! But I’ve learned by now to be obedient to His promptings so I sat on my couch and prayed! I was stunned as the Holy Spirit began bringing things to my mind faster than I could write them! I knew this was God! I couldn’t come up with this stuff on my own since the nature of a lie is to be hidden! There were no BIG lies on that list as those have already been exposed and replaced with His TRUTH, but a lie is a lie is a lie and these “smaller” lies have negative consequences as well! I quickly asked God to reveal His Truth to replace each lie and He gave me Scriptures for each one which made this a done deal! Lies exposed! Case closed!
Here are some common lies satan tells us:
- I’m not good enough, pretty enough, thin enough
- I’m not worthy
- I don’t deserve a good husband, job, house, car
- Everyone is better than me
- I can never measure up
- I’m not smart enough
- I’ve messed up so much no one could love me
- I’m not lovable
- I can never be free from this addiction
- God doesn’t love me
- God is punishing me
- God caused my tragedy or sickness
- God is angry with me
- God is disappointed in the person I am
- God loves me only if I do the right things
- God loves me more when I do the right things
Once a lie is exposed and TRUTH is revealed in His Word, the lie has no more power over you, your thoughts and behavior change, those chains are broken and YOU ARE SET FREE! Now that should make you want to go put on your dancin shoes! 👠💃
So what are you waiting for? Go grab a pen and paper and bring with you a heart that is ready and willing to dig down into those deep dark places where satan has deposited his ugly lies! He has held you captive for way to long! Enough is enough! Don’t waste another minute believing a lie! We say to you enemy; Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!
Your Savior, Redeemer, Healer and the One who loves you deeply and passionately is riding in on His white horse! Your Knight in His shining, mighty armor is coming to rescue you! Take Him up on His offer to know the truth! Sweet freedom is yours precious ones and Jesus paid for it already with every last drop of His blood! That’s how very very much He loves you!
OH BEAUTIFUL LOVING FATHER! OH HOW YOU LOVE US AND LONG FOR US TO BE FREE FROM THE LIES THE ENEMY TELLS US THAT CAUSE US TO BELIEVE WRONG THINGS ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE, YOUR CHARACTER AND EVEN CAUSE US TO DOUBT YOUR LOVE FOR US! LIES ARE WREAKING HAVOC IN THE LIVES OF YOUR CHILDREN WHO ARE IN BONDAGE TO THEM! BUT THANK YOU FATHER FOR SENDING YOUR SON JESUS TO DESTROY EVERY LIE OF THE ENEMY! THANK YOU THAT ALL WE NEED IS A DESIRE TO KNOW TRUTH AND YOU WILL REVEAL IT TO US! HELP US LORD TO REALLY SEE EVERY LIE AND REPLACE IT WITH YOUR TRUTH! OH HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE THAT JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US SO WE COULD BE FREE! HELP US TO WALK IN THAT FREEDOM! IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME! AMEN
Love Always,
Tarabella
John 3:30
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