This past Sunday I continued the teaching series Identity Theft at our Metropolis Campus. This series seems to have struck a cord with many of our attenders. The driving force of this series is focusing upon the lies we often believe about ourselves. Lies like, “I can’t change its just the way I am.” Or “I will never be good enough.” It is a sad thing to see people believe such ridiculous lies about themselves. The tragic fact about believing a lie about oneself is that it will never lead to personal freedom. Lies will only take you to a place personal bondage, pain and loneliness (John 8:32). The foundational thought for all the messages we are teaching in this series is, “A lie believed as truth will affect our lives as if it were true.”

Can the addict change, or is that just who she is? Is being strung out, hung over, and guilt ridden her true identity? It becomes a convincing predicament for her, “this is just who I am”, it’s hard for her to believe that she could be someone else.

When you and I believe lies about who we are, we will lose our true identity, and we will never express the life we were created to live. Another danger is that lies alter the spiritual trajectory of our lives. Lies lead down a path of destruction not life. When we believe a lie about ourselves it will move us in the wrong direction spiritually. Lies always take us further away form God; they never bring us closer to him.

I believe we can beat the lie, change our direction, and move closer to God (James 4:8).