I couldn't help but be reminded of the old adage that "Misery Loves Company" as I spent too much time this last week commiserating with other pastors about the challenges all of our churches appear to be facing due to the economy, global warming, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, the Spirit of Jezebel, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and the Anti-Christ. You name it. We blamed it. We told ourselves and each other that we had every right to feel sorry for ourselves.
Oh, there it is. Did you catch it? Most of the time I don't, but I did just now. You know the part, 'the right to feel'. Feelings are funny things. They can make you or break you. It all depends on which direction those feelings are taking you. Hey, when you're feeling up, your world tends to be a pretty good place to be. However, when you're feeling down, you better look out because it's the end of the world as we know it.
The Bible says the heart is deceitful above all things. I can't help but wonder how many lies I have swallowed hook, line, and sinker that have come from my own heart. How many? Too many.
There's a reason why we are instructed to guard our hearts. The truth is our hearts know how to lie to us. They know how to take us to places that are counter-productive to the call of God on our lives. They know how to take us down some roads that are nothing but a dead end. To tell you the truth, I'm tired of living a lie or allowing a lie to live my life.
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