Who cooked this?

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The company used to deliver complete gourmet meals to the back doors of their customers. That way it wouldn’t be obvious to any guests who may be around that the host purchased the meal instead of preparing it themselves.

But that wasn’t a sufficient amount of deception.

To respond to the desires of its customers, the company now delivers delicious meals created by its chefs … plus the dirty pots and pans used for making the meals … so the host can stage his or her kitchen to look as if they really did all the cooking (you can read about the company by clicking here).

That’s taking deceiving your dinner guests to a whole new level!

You might be surprised at just how may people live their lives practicing “intentional deception.” They have developed a well-honed exterior, presenting themselves as they would like to be portrayed, rather than as they are.

Such lives are a lie, but they’re lived as a means to desired ends. The problem is, deception never delivers a sustainable reward.

Here’s a few things the Word of God says about such a lifestyle:

“The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth,” Proverbs 12:22.

“Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds,” Colossians 3:9.

“People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will slip and fall,” Proverbs 10:9.

“Don’t be misled — you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit,” Galatians 6:7-8.

Life is always lived according to some intention. Instead of a life of intentional deception, we’re called to live a life of intentional Christianity.

Remember when that phrase was very popular among the church? Whatever happened to it? What did you do with it? More importantly, what are you doing with it? To what intent do you live your life each day?

Scotty