Stopping Our Scheming and Lying
As I have said many times before "Relationships Matter." We are not made to live totally independent lives, like islands in the midst of a sea of people. We are made to be interdependent on others, to have healthy relationships with the people around us. God told Adam that it was not good for man to be alone from the very beginning. However, to have healthy relationships we must do things to grow them and stop doing things that destroy them. Zechariah saw that the people of his day were doing things that destroyed relationships and even destroyed their society. God gave him a message to deliver to His people which would help to correct this. (Zechariah 8:17) "Don't scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all of these things says the Lord." I believe these two things are being done by many people as a regular part of their lives, and it is hurting them and those around them. It is amazing how many people thi...