Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with no-holds-barred surrender:

“My son, if you accept my words…”
(Proverbs 2:1)

When did this become hard, Jesus?

As a child, I believed everything anyone told me.

Then I learned the hard way:

Not everything people tell me is true.

Some people said things they didn’t mean –
by accident, a slip of the tongue –

but their innocent misstatements
created huge problems for me.

Then there were those who told me things they fervently believed to be true.

Their conviction convinced me…

until I discovered for myself
they were badly mistaken.

The hardest lesson, though, was to face the fact that some people

are boldfaced liars.

What a devastating, disillusioning, heartbreaking discovery!

No wonder You send every liar to hell.

All this misinformation has turned me into a wounded cynic who skeptically filters everything I hear.

But please, LORD:

Deliver me from that heaviness each day…

as I open myself to Your Word.

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Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 3:5-8; Isaiah 30:15; John 12:36; John 14:1; John 14:6; John 17:17; Romans 3:3-4; Romans 15:13; Hebrews 2:10-13; Revelation 21:8

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.