God isn't truly good.
His plan isn't best.
I could do better on my own.
He demands too much.
I hear them again. Those old lies keep popping up. Those lies that are as old as this Earth.
In the beginning, it was good.
Yet in the beginning came the lies. The sins came too. Sins of ungratefulness. pride. self-sufficiency. lack of trust.
Those same lies have been catching us all since the dawn of age. One would think that the lies would change. But why change when the old is working so well?
My own life bears witness.
The old lies are still working. Still making me doubt His goodness, still hindering my gratitude, still convincing me that I could do better on my own.
It seems hopeless. If the lies have been working since the beginning, how can I find truth?
The old lies run deep. But the Truth is deeper and older still.
I repeat it to myself, murmuring prayers for the day when "the Curse shall be no more" (Rev 22). This long-awaited day will mark the final freedom from all of those lies. It will signify the already-won victory.
That day seems far away. For now, the lies seem louder and surer than the truth.
As I wait for that day I cling the ancient Truth.
As I wait for that day I accept my overflowing portion of grace.
I breathe.
And I allow the Truth to marinate into my soul, leaving it grace-stained.
Grace and Truth.
Grace and Truth.
Together these HAVE conquered the lies.
"And the Word became flesh,
and dwelt among us,
and we saw His glory,
glory as of the only begotten from the Father,
full of grace and truth."
John 1:14
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