I’m back! I took a slight detour, have been busy with school and other things, but here I am, stronger than ever.
For my first blog in about two months, I wanted to write about how people can be deceitful. Deceit comes in many forms.. a white lie you tell to protect someone’s feelings, the pen you took from work because you liked it, or worse, the lie you tell yourself to ‘justify’ whatever it is you are doing.
I recently discovered deceit in someone I know, and to be honest, I was shocked. The justification and lies this person has told to be able to do the things he is doing is amazingly intertwined with thoughts of how right he is. This person is arrogant in his thoughts of how he can do these selfish things. He is in conflict with others who have confronted him over this, yet is angry with these people because they are telling him the truth and he does not want to hear it.
God does not do arrogance.. if anyone has the right to be arrogant, it is ONLY God. HE is the one who created us, created the earth and everything living thing on and in it. God will strike down the arrogant in His time and in His way. Nothing escapes Him, and no sin gets past Him. Ultimately, this person will feel the wrath of God’s divine judgment, and will have to explain why he thought he could get away with the things he is doing.
We all have the ability to deceive, and typically we will all deceive at least one person on a daily basis. I know I do (especially when I’m telling my boy there are no more cookies and I secretly have a few held back til after he goes to bed) and I know my sin nature is capable of far more. I try to keep it on the straight and narrow, but I’m not always successful. More often than not, I’m a walking failure. I do my best not to dwell on it, and pray I do better, but it is inevitable that I will fail. I’m only human. Thankfully I have a loving Heavenly Father who will accept me as I am.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. --Jane Austen
