Sometimes we don't want to call on God. We want to be better, we want to be like him, but sometimes, in the heat of the moment, although we know that we should call on him, we don't. A part of us wants to the wrong. Although that may not be what you want to hear, it is true.
The truth can, and often does hurt. If your addicted to something, one thing that you probably don't want to be called is an addict. If you make a promise to someone and break it, I doubt you like being called a lier. One of the hardest things to do is break up someone. Saying the words, "I love you, but I'm not in love with you anymore." can take forever to say. Most people avoid saying it till the last possible moment. The reasoning is simple, you don't want to harm them.
The truth is hard to take sometimes. Sometimes when we call on God, we don't want to hear the truth, so anytime we do hear him we call him a lier, or pretend we didn't hear. Sometimes, he may not answer immediately, whether it is because you're not ready to hear or you don't give him room to speak. This past week I exposed someone to the truth, showed them proof, and even though they couldn't deny what I said they still believed what they wanted to believe.
Some people we think are great, and would never do something foolish, end up doing just that. We see how they have there lives together and can assume that one little area of there lives, that seems to be easy to take care of, is good, but in reality is completely off.
The message is simple, we are not perfect. We will make mistakes, and we may have to pay for them. We will lie to our selves, but that does not mean we have to live the lie. If you are trapped by a lie right now, I urge you, tell the truth. The truth will set you free, but not just of guilt.
Something we have been lying about: What we think about.
