Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalm 139:23-24 (ESV)I cannot honestly search my heart, for I am often more prone to deception than honesty. God alone is truth and is always honest, regardless of shenanigans. If I am to live in the truth, I need to position myself to hear God, and if I listen to Him, I need to be ready and willing to change how and what I am thinking according to what He reveals to me.
I would not want to lie to another person intentionally; if I did, I would be overcome with guilt. However, I have learned to lie to myself quite well, often without remorse. This makes my self-talk most dangerous because a lie repeatedly heard becomes one's "truth."
Being deceived is most dangerous because we do not know we are being deceived; therefore, we have no way out unless there is some intervention.
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