You Can’t Make Peace With a Lie
Living Free in the Reality Jesus Speaks Over You
The Lie You Agree With Becomes the Life You Live
You can’t make peace with a lie.
You can numb it.
You can ignore it.
You can reorganize your life around it.
But you cannot find peace inside something that is false.
Because the moment we agree with a lie, we empower the liar.
Jesus said the enemy is “a liar and the father of lies.”
(John 8:44)
Lies don’t simply deceive — they shape your perceived reality around untruth.
They distort identity.
They suffocate hope.
They whisper a false version of “you” until you start living like it’s true.
But the Greek word for truth — aletheia — means:
“reality as God sees it.”
Truth isn’t information.
Truth is what is real according to God.
Truth is Jesus.
So when you believe a lie, you empower the enemy…
but when you believe the truth, Truth Himself empowers you.
Lies Usually Begin Young
Most lies don’t begin with adulthood.
They begin in childhood, when the soul is tender and the heart is open.
A careless word.
A cruel comment.
A wound left unsoothed.
A betrayal never understood.
A silence that felt like rejection.
A moment that taught you to hide.
These early lies become:
“I’m not enough.”
“I’m too much.”
“I’m on my own.”
“I’ll always be abandoned.”
“I have to perform to be loved.”
“If people see the real me, they’ll leave.”
These aren’t personality traits.
They’re bondages wrapped in familiar language.
You can’t make peace with those lies
because they were never part of your design.
What Truth Does Lies Can Never Do
Lies bind.
Truth frees.
Lies shame.
Truth restores.
Lies accuse.
Truth affirms.
Lies drain hope.
Truth births it.
And here’s the simplest test of all:
Does it contain hope?
Because the voice of the Father always carries hope —
joyous expectation grounded in His goodness.
If it doesn’t breathe hope…
it didn’t come from Him.
Jesus doesn’t speak despair.
He speaks destiny.
He doesn’t speak identity through your wounds.
He speaks identity through His love.
He calls you Beloved —
not “when you get better,”
not “when you stop struggling,”
not “when you heal,”
but now.
Right now.
As you are.
The Truth doesn’t wait for you to be worthy —
He makes you worthy by loving you.
Freedom Comes When We Agree With Reality
Jesus said,
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
(John 8:32)
Not:
“You will try harder.”
“You will behave better.”
“You will earn enough.”
Freedom begins when you stop agreeing with what has never been true about you.
You can’t heal by making peace with lies —
but you can be transformed by returning to Reality.
And Reality has a name.
Jesus.
The One who never speaks condemnation,
never weaponizes your past,
never partners with shame,
and always calls you into the light of who you truly are.
Beloved.
Safe.
Held.
Chosen.
Wanted.
Secure.
Truth is not harsh —
Truth heals.
Reflection
What lie has your heart tried to make peace with?
Where might Jesus be inviting you back into Reality — into who you truly are as His beloved?
What does hope sound like to you today?
Prayer
Jesus, reveal every lie I’ve agreed with and replace it with Your truth. Restore my identity in Your love. Teach my heart to rest in the Reality You speak over me —full of hope, full of belonging, full of freedom. Amen.