Lying prophets

Are you a liar?

Are you a prophet?

I know the answer to one of these questions.  I am a liar, I have lied before,I am sure I will lie again. I am not sure why I do it, sometimes its just easier to get what I want by twisting the truth a bit.

I am guilty of it.

As for prophet, well as a child of God, I am called to walk a path apart from the world.  A genuine struggle because it is not my human nature, its going against the grain. But it forces me in essence to call on the Lord of lords.

In his book, The Explicit Gospel, Matt Chandler explains how sometimes we need to go back to the basic principles.  God is to be revered, not taken lightly. In his presence,  we have to have a healthy fear, we have to be in awe of the Creator not the creation around us. We have to be careful that we never come to a point where we think we are smarter than God.
If we are able to accomplish these things, then being a lying prophet is not an option.  Jeremiah 23 warns us of listening to lying prophets and also being one.

Who will it profit to be one of those people? NO ONE!

Father in Heaven, save us from ourselves!

Love God and the rest will follow.