Is It Really Sweeter?

Typically I drink black coffee, but every once in a while I will put in a little cream and sugar. Because I don’t do it often I don’t really have a set amount of cream or sugar I add so, recently, while eating breakfast,  I added two packets of sugar, which, after one drink I realized simply wasn’t enough. I went to add another packet and, as I reached for the real thing, I saw those little pink packets of the fake sugar and thought…bet it would only take one of them to sweeten the whole cup. In that moment I began to reflect on how the fake things the world has to offer can seem so much sweeter than the truth God offers us.

God reminds us that we must express self control while the world tells us we should be who we want to be and act how we want to act and people should accept us no matter what. God reminds us that we should look out for others’ needs above our own. The world tells us to look out for number 1 because no one else will. God reminds us that we are to love our brothers as ourselves. The world tells us that we deserve to be loved despite our behavior and actions.

Remember today that just because something seems sweeter to our carnal man, doesn’t mean it is better for us and our growth. Colossians 2:8 reminds us to-“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Just because the world says it is sweet and it appears to be so, doesn’t make it good for you. Just like it may take more real sugar to get the same effect as the fake stuff, it may take more effort to experience the good God has to offer, but the end reward is always worth it. Don’t trade the fake the world has to offer when God has something so much sweeter and better waiting for you.

The real truth is always sweeter than the fake sweetness of a lie.