The Lie of Lies
Job 11:3
"Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?"
Zophar asked, "Should thy lies make men hold their peace?" He was simply asking Job if he thought his lies would cause others to obtain peace. Zophar understood that one of the biggest lies about a lie is that it cannot deliver the peace it promises. A lie may promise that peace will come, but lies never deliver peace because conflict is the root of a lie.
One of the stories in the Scriptures when a lie promised peace was when the serpent told Eve in Genesis 3:4-5, "...Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Satan's lie to Eve did not deliver the peace that it promised; rather, it delivered conflict and strife that we still endure today. The lie of lies is that it will never deliver peace.
We must always understand that the core of a lie will never give what it says it will. The reason it will never deliver is because John 8:44 shows us that the Devil is the father of lies. From the beginning the Devil could not be trusted; therefore, why do you think you can trust his lies? He may promise one thing, but he will deliver the opposite. He may promise peace, but he will deliver conflict. You must never forget that the Devil is a deceiver, and anything which he father's is filled with deceit.
I point this out to you for two reasons. First, don't ever fall for the belief that there are times when lying is okay. We live in a day when people think that lying is okay if the situation dictates it. Let me make this clear, you may cause people to have peace at the moment with a lie, but eventually the lies will cause greater conflict. You may be able to get people to stay silent for a while because of a lie, but the lie will always come back to bite you with conflict. The lie that lies give peace is only temporal, but the long term effect of lies is conflict. This is why you must never deem it okay to lie for the moment to keep peace. It may keep temporary peace, but eventually you will deal with the conflict, but in an even greater way.
Second, I point this out to you because lying to yourself only causes your conflict to become greater. Many people lie to themselves to make themselves feel better, but they find out that the lie never gives them peace; instead, it gives them greater conflict. If you have a problem in your life don't listen to the lie; instead, deal with the problem. You can listen to the lie that your marriage is fine when you know it's not, and the only thing you will have is greater marital problems in the future. You can listen to the lie that you can control your vice, but your vice will only deliver greater conflict in your life. You must not lie to yourself! When your heart tells you that you have a problem, the best thing to do is deal with it.
Let me challenge you to become a person who lives in truth. Be the type of person who tells the truth all of the time. Yes, there are times when truth will be hard on those whom you tell it to, but you can always tell the truth with grace to keep the truth from hurting as bad. Yet, you must remember that when you tell the truth, you are actually delivering peace if people will deal with what the truth tells them. Likewise, you must be a person who doesn't lie to yourself. When you know you have a problem, listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and correct your problem. You will find that if you listen and do what truth tells you, then peace will be the eventual result.