Liar!

Proverbs 8:7 (NKJV) For my mouth will speak truth; Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

No one enjoys nor encourages lying in a relationship. We tend to distance ourselves from people who have garnered the label of liar. We might even proclaim how we detest being lied to and carry nothing but disgust for those in positions of trust caught in a lie. We very quickly judge, devalue and condemn liars while elevating our position of the higher moral ground. In some cases, we marvel at someone’s attempts at dishonesty and express “why can’t they just tell the truth?” We have all witnessed the athlete who cheated with the use of PEDs, repeatedly deny and lie about their usage. If the phrase “liar, liar, pants on fire” were true then Washington D.C. would have burned down a long time ago.

There are various motivations as to why we lie but the bottom line is we all lie and we don’t have to be trained in how to do it. Little 3-year-old Johnny breaks a lamp. He is asked by his mother, “Did you do this?” Little Johnny has not gone to the school of “Let me teach you how to lie university.” He can’t even spell the word lie but what does he naturally do? He lies. He looks straight at his loving mother who spent 9 months carrying him in her womb and then 72 hours of agonizing labor and says, “No.” But he doesn’t stop with one lie. “Then who did this?” With tears forming in his manipulative blue eyes he replies, “I don’t know.” He then tops off his performance with running to his mother and wrapping his arms around her legs and through his tears he says, “I love you Momma.” If you think this is an exaggeration then you have never been around a 3-year-old for more than 1 day. How did little Johnny learn to lie? It is his nature to lie. It is a gift from his original Father Adam. We are all stained with a sinful nature and we all have the tendency to go with our natural bent. The Bible is full of good people who resorted to lies when the pressure got too intense. Political, business and religious leaders have all been know to lie in order to cover their behinds or keep their positions of esteem and power.

There is an old adage which asks the question “How can you tell if an addict is lying? If his lips are moving.” Sexual addicts will lie to protect their sexual sin, keep reality away from it and avoid dealing with the shame of their moral failures. The port of entry and path to any healing process for sexual addiction comes through the vehicle of honesty and truth. Bringing the light of honesty into the dark world of sexual sin can be difficult and painful. The addict needs support and accountability to stay on the path of honesty and truth. Finding freedom from any addiction begins with honesty but sometimes we need God to tear down our walls and expose his light into the dark dishonest places of our heart. Satan sells the lie that sexual sin is victimless but through God’s illuminating Spirit, the cost of this deception is revealed. Dishonesty feeds our sinful nature, honesty exposes it and His Truth demolishes it. Are there deceptive places in your mind and heart that need to be exposed to the Light? Ask God today to lead you into honesty and into His Truth, Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness.

Jonathan Jones,

President and Founder of Perfect Hope Ministry