You Can’t Fool God At All...

I can’t stress enough how important it is to be honest with yourself. You can lie to others and sometimes get away with it, but you have to live with the guilt of knowing what you did. As the saying goes, “you can fool some people all the time, and you can fool all people some of the time, but you can’t fool all people all of the time”. And you definitely can’t fool God at all. Pretending to be someone you’re not, or making people think you are better than who you really are doesn’t float with God. Ananias and Sapphira learned it the hard way. Fear gripped those all around because they knew God expects us to be honest with ourselves and with Him. We all struggle with this concept; social media tends to bring out the full tug of this “glorify self” grandisement. “Fakebook”, as I call it, promotes this more than any other platform that I know of. What you see posted on it, rarely matches up with what you see in person. The world would be a much better place if we all decided to pursue God and let honesty reign in our hearts. Humility begins with knowing you’re a broken vessel. Once there, you know where to go for help. It’s exactly the attitude God wants us to have. Never forget Ananias’ and Sapphira’s example of not being honest with yourself. Allow it to be a reminder of the ultimate consequence of lying to God (trying to be someone you’re not). God wants our sincerity, not our perfection or large egos. There’s only room for One God, step aside, humble yourself, and let Him Run His show.

1 But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property. 2 He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest.3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4 The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!”5 As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified. 6 Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him.7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Was this the price you and your husband received for your land?”“Yes,” she replied, “that was the price.”9 And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”10 Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear gripped the entire church and everyone else who heard what had happened. Acts 5:1-11