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Isaiah 30: 10 (NIV)
They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no
more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.”
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| Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.* |
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We go to church and listen to sermons that make us
feel good. We sing songs that cause our hearts to swell in praise. We ask
people how they are doing and when they say, “Fine,” we believe them because we
don’t want to hear otherwise. If someone tries to hold us accountable for our
behavior, we employ various methods of avoidance. Even our own conscience gets
tuned out when it convicts us. Do we really believe that we can change the
truth by ignoring it?
When I was a teen-ager, we attended a tiny country
church whose members pretty much only went into town to “trade.” They may have
been isolated but they weren’t foolish. I recall the words of one man regarding
the pointedness of a particular sermon: “If he steps on my toes, I’ll just rub
them.”
Don’t expect truth to tickle your ears. Most often,
the truth will hurt. If it does, just rub your toes and put those uncomfortable
shoes back on. You might find that they hurt less as you break them in!
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| The truth sets you free, but it often makes you miserable first.* |
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