Finding the Truth for Every Lie

This is a repost from August 19, 2020, but it’s a good reminder that I needed this week and maybe one you need too. : ) 

Have you ever found that when you’re in a low place, there are lies that suddenly start showing up in your mind and heart? Have you ever found yourself accepting those lies about yourself, your life, and your future? 

I know. It’s easy to unintentionally buy into these lies, especially because Satan is very good at picking the ones that he knows will stick with us and to us. 

The thing is, though, it’s not a new strategy. Satan has been doing this since the beginning of time. He is skilled at it, which means we struggle a times to even recognize that what is coming at us is even from him. Often when these lies bounce into our hearts and minds, we’re tempted to accept them (particularly when we haven’t been filling ourselves up with the truth), but Satan’s words are lies, and we need to be able to spot them as such.

 “ . . . [The devil] does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” ~John 8:44~

Believing a lie is an easy trap to fall into, which is why it’s one of Satan’s best strategies against us. Even when we recognize that what we’re hearing is coming from Satan and not God, the words can still sound convincing, and if all we do is tell ourselves that they aren’t true, we’re still focused on the lie. So, what’s the solution to resisting Satan’s lies?

 “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” ~James 4:7~

The solution to combating the lies is not just resistance. The full solution is submission to God and resistance. Which means, to combat Satan’s lies we need to be identifying and applying God’s truth to ourselves and to others!

 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” ~John 8:32~

“Therefore, putting away lying, ‘Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,’ for we are members of one another.” ~Ephesians 4:25~

We need to not just tell ourselves that what we’re hearing is a lie; we need to also go after the truth of what God says about Himself and about us. Then we need to preach to ourselves and others that truth to counter Satan’s lies.

We need to live IN the Truth as well as live OUT the Truth.

Challenge: The next time you start hearing those words of deception and depression, run to the truth of who God is and who you are in Him, and use that truth to defeat the lies.