Lying to God
Acts 5:1-11
Key
Verse: “Didn’t
it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t
the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a
thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.(5:4 NIV)”
We
would never lie to God! Not like these two did! But we do. At times
we find it hard to trust God, at times we questions, at times we
doubt, but we would never tell God this. When we are reading our
Bible or praying or at Church we act as if we would never. But we
do. There is some part of our life we can not completely entrust to
God but we pretend we trust. God with all things. There is one thing
that nags at our faith but we ignore it. To do so would admit
weakness in our faith. But in fact
not bringing these things to God is not only lying to ourselves, but
it is an attempt to lie to God. When we do this our faith suffers. We
need to be honest with God in all things, we can not hide our anger,
our doubts, our questions our fear, the darkest parts of our lives
from God. Look deep within yourself, what are you trying to keep
hidden from God, take it out, bring it to God, your faith will grow
simply by doing so.
Prayer:
Lord,
sometimes I am angry with you, I have doubts, my faith waivers.
Sometimes I try to hide parts of who I am from you. Help me to see
that I can not lie to you in this way. It is my desire to be honest
with you in all things, to open my whole life to you, all my
thoughts, my fears, and my doubts. I do not want to keep anything
from you. Help me to always remember to trust you with even the most
secrets parts of me and never try to keep them hidden. Amen
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