Lying Lips - The One Year Wisdom for Women Devotional

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD,But those who deal truthfully are His delight.

Proverbs 12:22 (NKJV)

Abomination. This is pretty strong language. “Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD.”

So what is lying? It’s deception. Even a half-truth is a whole lie. A lie is falsehood, a fraud. It’s used to cover a wrong. A lie is dishonest. It shifts the blame or slants the story. Lying is a bad habit and bad business. God hates it.

Listen to what Jesus said in John 8:44: “[The devil] was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language; for he’s a liar and the father of lies” (NIV).

For us as women, many of the things we struggle with are caused because we have listened to lies. Let me recommend to you a marvelous book by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. It’s called Lies Women Believe: And the Truth That Sets Them Free.

This book deals with the trouble it causes women when we are lied to.

But there is another issue: that is when we lie. We sometimes lie to ourselves, we lie to others, and sadly we even try to lie to God. The first step to repentance, be honest that you have been dishonest. Don’t blame anyone else. Then take it to the Cross. It is sin and there is a remedy for sin. With forgiveness, we can hate the lie, because God hates it. And here’s the joy: each time we resist speaking that lie, we can embrace the fact that the Lord delights in a woman who speaks the truth.

Make It Personal . . . Live It Out!

Lying is indeed bad business. But we as women can sometimes put ourselves in a position to be lied to. We can sit hour after hour in front of the TV set and watch programs that mock morality and truth. Hollywood makes adultery and sex outside of marriage look harmless and normal. Many women watch talk shows that mock goodness and God. Garbage in, garbage out. The media is pushing the limits of false and phony. They call good evil and evil good. Shame on them. But if we endorse their lies by watching it—shame on us.

One Year Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 31:1–32:27; Luke 12:8-34; Psalm 78:32-55; Proverbs 12:21-23