Walking through an equation in class, I had come to realize that my class had gotten it wrong.  As I turned to ask them if that was the answer they had all gotten, I noticed a few uncomfortable faces…..

 

These students had gotten the right answer but were afraid to say it because “everyone else” had the other answer….and, in their mind, that answer HAD TO BE RIGHT.

 

The class decided, by popular vote, what the answer was.

 

In that moment, the Lord convicted me.

 

How often have we, because of the crowd, been swayed by the crowd to believe something to be true that was not.

 

In that moment it dawned on me…..movements have been built on that very thing.

 

I think the reason that I was so convicted is that I HAD DONE IT.

 

Think about it:

How often have we “bought into the myth” and built our day, our week, our decisions, on a myth?

 

Perhaps it is a personal myth:  My mom doesn’t love me.

 

Or a professional myth:  My boss is going to fire me.

 

Or a scriptural myth:  Money is the root of all evil.  (The love of money is the root of all evil)

 

Our reality is that we sometimes “build a house” on a foundation that is something we believe to be true….but it is not true.

 

In a conversation with Jesus leading up to the greatest moment in human history, Pontius Pilate doesn’t even care what the truth is…..and I can’t help but hear sarcasm as I read what he said to Jesus:

John 18  38 “What is truth?”

 

I am shocked that sometimes we don’t even care about it in the court of law.  It is not what is true, it is only what we can prove.

 

That is not a recipe for spiritual success.

 

The truth is the only thing that matters.  It is not some inconvenient roadblock that we can somehow move out of the way.  It is the foundation on which we must build our house.

 

Jesus said I am the way and the truth and the life and He said it because when we aren’t going that way or following that truth we don’t have life…..for here or for later.

 

As I walk into today I am convicted to make sure:

  • That I am not walking in something that is a myth.
  • That I am not building my life on a foundation of lies.
  • That I am not believing in something in my heart that is simply a lie from the pits of hell.

 

The enemy is a schemer and a destroyer.  He loves to come into our thoughts and plant a mindset in our brains that is not true….If he can do that, he can have us walk down a path that is certain to destroy us.  Our thoughts are everything in our walk with God.  We must, as God tells us, take them captive and run them through the filter of Him who holds our very lives in His hands.

 

We can be proactive to walk out our lives and not allow this to happen.

 

Psalm 25  4 Show me your ways, O LORD ,

teach me your paths;

5 guide me in your truth and teach me,

for you are God my Savior,

and my hope is in you all day long.

 

Such a simple verse and yet such a vitally important word….

 

Father–

Show me who You are and where You are going.

Show me what the Truth is everywhere I go.

Guide me and be my salvation even in the little things.

You, and You alone, hold the keys to eternal life.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J