September 22, 2008
Good morning!
In my devotional time this week I read a passage called "The Wages of Deceit" from Max Lucado's book Grace for the Moment, Volume I. In his devotion, Max quotes Psalm 101:7: "No one who is dishonest will live in my house; no liars will stay around me."
More than once I've heard people refer to the story of Ananias and Sapphira with a nervous chuckle and say, "I'm glad God doesn't still strike people dead for lying." But, I'm not so sure He doesn't. It seems to me that the outcome of deceit is still death. Maybe not death of the body, but the death of these vital areas of life:
Deceit can also cause the death of intimacy, trust, peace, credibility and self-respect. But perhaps the most tragic death that occurs from deceit is our Christian witness. A court of law won't listen to the testimony of a perjured witness. And, neither will the world. A good reminder for all of us...
In His service,
Glenn Burris Jr.
"Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator." -Colossians 3:9-10 (NIV)
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