If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us

1 John 1:8 “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”

            Lord,  I can envision all of the times when I was a child, or watching other children, boldly stating to their parent that they did not get into the cake, eat the cookies, play in the mud, break the window, etc. when the evidence was ALL over me (them).  We do not have to be taught to be liars as children.  It comes very naturally, thanks to Adam.

            However; when those who are old enough to know better and especially those who claim the name of Christ lie like that, it is a very serious matter indeed.  It si not enough that folks around us usually can spot the fact that we are lying (like the mom looking at the chocolaty face of a youngster), but to think for a moment that they are trying to deceive the all-knowing, all-seeing God who created them…That is far more serious.  I think, Lord, there is something within us that always wants to look more pure than we are in the eyes of those around us.  Obviously that is the ugly sin of pride and the horribly heavy and uncomfortable yoke of ego that binds us .  BUT, YOU have freed us from that bondage.  These very sins were nailed to the cross and paid for with Your precious blood.  Oh that we would live our lives like that!