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Written by Aaron Sparks
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Sunday, 03 May 2009 10:05 |
The title comes from a new TV show that features a human lie detector, and in it they give some made up tips on how to detect whether or not someone is lying to you (much like CSI has a crazy lab that Brian Hargett can attest is quite fictitious). But since I brought it up (and just as a bonus), I’ll give you an actual tip on how you can tell if someone is lying to you... when people recall things from memory they tend to look up in a direction as if they’re recalling it from that part of the brain. Actual facts come from the logical side of the brain, the left side, so that a person recalling a fact would look up and to your right. The creative side of your brian is the right side, so a person making up a lie is referring to this side and thus looking up and to your left. Now you can try playing a little game using that little tip...
But seriously, one of the most difficult lies to detect though, are the ones you tell yourself, self deception.
These can fall into a few categories: 1) ones you tell yourself that knock down your self-esteem, 2) ones you tell yourself to boost your self-esteem, and 3) ones you tell yourself to justify or shake off some guilt or shame. None of them are good lies to tell yourself.
The first type can lead you to depression and worse. It can eat away at you and as I had briefly mentioned last week, cause you to be an ineffective worker for God’s kingdom. You may be telling yourself lies that you’re fat, stupid, unwanted, unloved, unworthy, etc. In the end, you must remember you’re God’s creation, made in His own image. Or as some might put it, “God don’t make no junk.” Read Ephesians 1 and 2.
The second type might puff you up to heights of embarassment. Much of what makes the first auditions for American Idol entertaining for me, are the terrible ones who have wrongly convinced themselves that they can sing and Simon Cowell has no idea what he’s talking about. It’s the proud and haughty that Jesus warns us against as the yeast of the pharisees. Read Luke 14:7-11 and Romans 12:3-5.
The third type, is also dangerous as you convince yourself that either what you’re doing really isn’t wrong or that you don’t have a problem with it. This is where unconfessed sin can really reek havoc in your spiritual life and can eventually threaten your soul’s destination if not kept in check.
I recently read in Kierkegaard’s book, Purity of the Heart is to Will One Thing, that ignorance can lead to knowledge unless we deceive ourselves, then we remain ignorant. Let us all strive toward a deeper understanding and knowledge of Christ, and God’s will. We can prevent ignorance by ceasing to listen to the lies we tell ourselves and taking the time to honestly look at ourselves and even try to see ourselves as God sees us. Take time to be still and know God.
-Aaron✌♥n☧ |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 May 2009 13:27 )
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