Day Five: Proverbs Road Trip

Proverbs 5:21 “For the LORD sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.”

I have a confession to make: I am a liar. Not that I lie to other people, I really try to keep from that; I work hard at being honest! However, I find it hard a times to be honest with myself. My heart can be “deceitfully wicked” when I don’t keep it in check.

It’s easy to lie to yourself; it’s easy to tell yourself that you’re thinking more about others than yourself. It’s easy to convince yourself that your point of view in obviously more valid that the other person’s. It’s easy to tell yourself that you need what you don’t really need. It’s just way too easy to lie to yourself.

Lying to yourself is easy, because you usually want to hear the lie.

The antidote for “self-lying” is found in Proverbs 5:21, “The LORD sees clearly...”

Today my goal is to ask the LORD to reveal a few of my self-lies and help me to see me as clearly as He sees me. In the process I assume I will find a few dents in my vehicle that need repair and I am determined to start the repairs before the sun sets.