The tiniest bit of excrement in your dish of Bluebell Ice Cream will change what would have normally been a delightful dessert into a repulsive dish. The thought of which might cause you to want to vomit. Of course if you didn’t know the truth, you might contaminate your entire body by eating it as did the character in the book “The Help” did when she ate two pieces of chocolate pie which was contaminated with the excrement of her maid.
Much clever effort has been applied to hiding or covering up truth in our society. Truth has become so hidden that it is difficult to determine what is true and what is not. Especially if we are not particularly interested in truth and more interested in self.For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV. When someone tries to circumnavigate these truths, they are deceiving themselves.
One of the greatest deceptions of out time is the attempt of our government to eliminate poverty. They deceive the people into thinking that work is not necessary. People should have no worries because the government will provide. It is almost to the point of making work a curse, but the truth is work is a blessing.
Another deception that is promoted is that we never have to feel bad, and that life is always like a bowl of cherries. If we don’t feel great about ourselves, there are plenty of chemicals that we can take that will instantly make us feel better. I once had a popular entertainment artist on the business jet that I was flying. I told him that I was too tired to sleep, and he then offered me pills that would help me sleep, and then other pills that would help me awaken. What if I had taken his offer? Would he have still felt safe aboard the airplane that I was flying? It didn’t matter to him because he was already so stoned that he simply didn’t care. But at that moment in time, he felt wonderful about himself.
In spite of the admonition of my father to stay away from tobacco, I bought into this deception at the early age of fifteen. I instantly felt super cool with a lit cigarette in my hand. I was deceived for twenty years, but managed to quit tobacco completely at age thirty-five. Many people suffered a horrible death at a premature age because of this great lie.
Another controversial deception is alcohol. Alcohol in itself isn’t bad, however, its misuse has become a scourge on our society. Some say that it is totally bad and should be banned, but Jesus turned water into wine. I will never condemn anyone from using it in moderation, nor, will I criticize anyone for total abstinence.
I have just scratched the surface of the number of lies that we believe to be truth at one time or another in our short lives. But, the fact remains that when the equation is reduced to its lowest common denominator, we find that truth equates to God, goodness and eternal life, and deceit equates to Satan, deception and death.
~Adverse Yaw