We can’t be fake.
Fakers lose, because they eventually slip up. The lies become so twisted, they forget what’s the truth and what’s the lie. Exposed, fakers’ lives crumble around them.
In a television documentary about border security between the U.S.A. and Canada, a woman changed her story ten times (according to security personnel) about why she wanted to travel across the border. Were her intentions honest? Possibly. By the time her lies began to unravel, there was no way to tell. She was sent home and told not to try it again.
In another episode of the same show, a man said he packed his own suitcase, was aware of the contents, and there was no food inside. Behold, two packages of prepared meat, which was banned. His fine? $800. All he had to do was declare the food, but his lies cost him a bundle.
Living the truth is the only way to be honest with ourselves.
Jeremiah 6:2 sounds pretty:
“I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.”
How sweet! God sees us as beautiful. Then we look at the rest of the chapter. The truth was that God had once seen Jerusalem as beautiful, but he discovered her beauty was only on the surface. Her underbelly was a pit of lies, and God was about to cast her away.
God sees through fake. We must live our lives as we truly are. If we want to cross into heaven, we must declare our intentions, cast off that which encumbers us, and live an honest life before God and the world. It’s called Christianity, and it’s a good way to live.
When we put the truth of Christ before all else, the truth of Christ will become everything we care about.
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