Be
convinced
of this: In your eighteen-plus years of existence, you have swallowed a string
of lies. That's not a guilt trip; that's reality. Many of the decisions you
make are being jerked around by unseen hooks in your mind. It's impossible, as
mere humans, to have completely avoided every one of Satan's shams.
Fully aware of the problem, God wants to take
you somewhere: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5, KJV) . In other words, God wants you to
think the way Christ thinks. No lies or deceptions in Jesus' mind. That's a
wonderful place to be.
To get you there, God has to do some major
renovations. Paul put it this way: "Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind"
(Romans 12:2) . God's primary means of bringing about this mind
renewal—unhooking the lies, so to speak—is his Word.
Only truth
can undo untruth.
Jesus, while praying for you, asked his Father this: "Sanctify them by the
truth; your word is truth" (John 17:17). Here's a loose translation for
the phrase "sanctify them": Get them untangled from Satan's net of
deception.
The degree to which you allow your mind to remain riddled with ideas,
values, and slogans that come from the devil is the measure to which your
existence will be confusing, empty, and outright miserable. A life based on lies is unhappy. No way
around it.
That's
why you desperately need—on a steady basis—to meditate on the Scriptures.
“Truth will set you free” (John 8:32) . The deeper your appreciation of God's Word, the greater your
freedom. Don't be passive in your pursuit of truth. Be hungry.
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