Tuesday 5 Jul 2022

July 5: Matthew 9:32-34

Key Verse: Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, ‘It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.’

Devotion:
One of the hardest things to accept in life is something you don’t believe in because your mind has already been made up and you don’t want to have to admit to being wrong in any way – so you carry on with the lie you have learned! Christ wants us to stop and look at the lies we have been told and compare them to what is good and righteous – that way we can move away from those lies as we see them for what they are… but it is hard!

The Pharisees saw what Jesus did to the demon-possessed man, freeing him from his life of misery and silence; yet they did not want to believe this could be done because that would mean they were wrong about the man Jesus. They would have to admit they were wrong and turn from their lies toward the truth. Instead, they invented another lie and started saying Jesus was the prince of demons and was controlling the demons!

How many times have you fallen into that sort of pit in your life when you have been telling a lie so much you believe it yourself and when someone confronts you about the lie, you make up a few more lies to cover the facts and carry on living the lie? I know I have been in that circumstance before and have told lies to try and get out of trouble – especially as a child!

But the truth has a habit of finding its way to the surface and everyone gets to hear the real story instead of the lie you have been spreading for so long… Wouldn’t it have been easier to admit to the truth in the beginning and move forward with the truth so you would not be caught out in lies again? Of course! But we don’t think like that when we are caught up in the lies. We need to let go and follow the truth – follow Christ!

Points to Ponder:
Do you spread gossip?

You know it is a lie, don’t you?