Examples of Deceit…Part 1

Hinders knowledge of God

Jeremiah 9:6  

You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD.

Keeps men from God

Jeremiah 8:5  

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

Leads to pride and sin

Jeremiah 5:27  

27 Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

28 and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Leads to lying

Proverbs 14:25  

A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful.

Causes fraud and injustice

Psalms 10:7  

His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

Psalms 43:1  

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.

Revamped Expectations

The ways of God are without fault. Psalm 18:30

It’s not easy when God doesn’t do what we want, is it? Never has been. Never will be. But faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.

Remember, disappointment is cured by revamped expectations.

I like the story about the fellow who went to the pet store in search of a singing parakeet. Seems he was a bachelor and his house was too quiet. The store owner had just the bird for him, so the man bought it.

The next day the bachelor came home from work to a house full of music. He went to the cage to feed the bird and noticed for the first time that the parakeet had only one leg.

He felt cheated. So he called and complained.

“What do you want,” the store owner responded, “a bird who can sing or a bird who can dance?”

Good question for times of disappointment….Max Lucado