When Truth Gets Twisted
Oftentimes, the enemy will come at you using something that feels true. It’s not always an obvious lie that tries to consume your thoughts. Sometimes, it sounds reasonable… even familiar, just like when the enemy quoted the Word of God to Jesus, twisting truth just enough to try to lead Him into sin. He used God’s own words, but the intention behind them was completely distorted.
And if we’re honest, that’s where it gets tricky for us, too. Many times, we’re not choosing between two lies. We’re standing in something that feels true about our situation, and we begin to believe that what we’re walking through must mean something about who we are. We start to believe we’re here because we’re bad. After all, we deserve it, or because this is just how life is going to be.
But somewhere along the way, things begin to shift. We start assigning meaning where it doesn’t belong. We turn situations into something they were never meant to define. We turn people into voices they were never meant to be. We turn money into a security it was never meant to provide. And before we even realize it, we’ve taken a piece of truth and reshaped it into something that is no longer true at all.
Our trust was never meant to rest in circumstances, people, or feelings. It was always meant to be anchored in Jesus alone. Yet when we allow our situation or someone else’s opinion to become the loudest voice in our lives, those things begin to teach us what to believe. And slowly, truth starts to sound like a lie.
That’s why it’s so important to know who you are in Christ.
Because if you don’t, it becomes far too easy to let a moment, a mistake, or someone else’s words define you in ways they were never meant to. Someone else’s truth is not your truth. Someone else’s opinion is not your truth. God’s truth is the only truth that gets the final say.
Yes, it’s true you’ve made mistakes. But it’s also true that God can use your greatest mistake to become the very place your greatest miracle begins. It may be true what the doctor said, but it’s also true that God is your healer. It may be true that you feel anxious and afraid, but it’s also true that your mind can be renewed and your heart can find peace again.
It may be true that you feel financially stretched, but it’s also true that God is your provider and lacks nothing. It’s true you feel weak at times, but in Jesus, you are strong.
It’s true that you’ve fallen short, but you are not your mistakes.
If you’re not careful, you can stay in your own story so long that it begins to feel like your identity. You can rehearse the same thoughts until they no longer feel like thoughts at all, but facts, not because they’re true, but because they’ve been repeated long enough to feel that way.
Even self-pity can start to feel familiar, almost comfortable to your mind. But comfort doesn’t always equal truth.
The Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty years, not because they were still enslaved, but because they still thought like slaves. They were free, but their mindset kept them stuck, holding on to a story that no longer matched who they were.
And we can do the very same thing.
So don’t stay stuck in a story that God has already rewritten. Don’t keep agreeing with thoughts that don’t align with His truth about you. You are not who you were. You are not what you went through. You are not what someone else said.
You are who God says you are.
And His truth? It doesn’t trap you, it frees you.
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:32
With love and encouragement,
Robin