This is the text that showed up on my WhatsApp feed a few weeks ago: “Well, I think you’d be interested to know that I had a worm-like shape (in my) stool this morning. (It’s) about 9 inches.” My recent coworker then went on to describe the name of her expelled scrounger and current plan of action.

Parasites. Even as I tell her story my head seems to back away and my lips curl. Parasites are gross. They dwell inside a body dining contentedly while stealing life from their host.

It seems lies are the same way. We’re often not sure how they embed in us, but their destructive force gnaws away at the life we have in Christ. Here are some examples of the ones I’ve recently seen in me:

- I must not be doing what God’s asking of me since no one seems to notice.

- It’s a waste of time to pursue that person.

- No one understands or cares about what I’m going through. It’s useless to share.

- If I prayed more and had more faith, then I’d breeze through these hard circumstances.

What lies feed on you?

Lies, like parasites, are not always obvious. We don’t realize we are hosting them until we see their symptoms. With critters in our guts we might have cramps, but with the lies in our soul we more often see spoiled fruit. The last time I was irritated with my husband, God let me know my anger came from the lie that I was believing I had no value.

The Doctor of our souls wants us to be healthy. God transforms us more and more into His likeness as we tell Him the truth about our rotten fruit (words, actions), and as we ask His Spirit to help us see the lies that are spoiling His fruit. God has the answers. He longs to help you destroy what is stealing the True Life in your soul.