You may have heard that saying of how dangerous it is for people to have their illusions exposed. But it is only a half truth. It is true that having ones life work destroyed breaks a person, but it is not true that there is no solution. One would think from hearing that saying that it is loving to avoid telling the truth to such a person, but this is not the case.

First of all it is important to see why it is that people get so dependant on their illusions. It is because it is a "marriage" that takes place between a person and what it believes. Wether we like our "partner" or not it still forms our identity. Let me give an example.

If I started to think that power was important I would start looking at my self and others in terms of how influencial and powerful I and they were. I would therefore measure peoples value according to ammount of power. This could make me feel either successful or like a failure, but it would still have me in its grip and I would dedicate myself in the search for power. Like a wife dedicated to her husband.

Now imagine that somone came and convinced me that power is not something a person has. It is Yahweh who has all the power and there was nothing I could do to take it from Him. Accepting that truth would truly chatter me.. just think of all the years I would have spent chasing after the wind, even often thinking I held it! My belief that my riches, beauty, intelligence or whatever gave me the power I so much wanted would colapse on that day - and I would sit like an ass and not know what to do. If power was impossible for me to have.. what then?

Now here is a key. Why do people pick up illusions? What is it that we hope they will fill? Yes you may have guessed it.. We want to be valuable and loved! That simple. Without my power, what was left of me? How could I prove my worth? How could I or anyone love me then? When a persons illusion is shattered. What he puts his worth into is crushed to smithereenes. That is a devastating blow to a person.. without purpose or love, we die.

The rescue here is actually the very thing that shatters our illusion. It is the truth that we actually are valuable and loved. But not because of any of the illusions we chase after. Power doesn't give us value, nor money, nor beauty, nor skill or any other of those things we find so attractive. Now what is it that gives us worth? It is not a sacraficing nature, kindness, patience or care either. It is the fact that Yahweh created us and that he loves us that gives us worth! We are only of value because He thinks so, an because He thinks so, we are tremendously valuable. If we were able to posess the illusions we chase after our worth would be far less if we had it all than the value we have because of Him.

Imagine having all the power on earth. You control the weather, the people, the entities that are here, the wealth, the fashion.. you name it you control it.. If you had all that and Yahweh did not care for you, you would be a miserable poor twit in comparison to a beggar who is valued by Yahweh! So why chase the wind, when you can enjoy it just by standing and letting it flow through your hair? You cannot possess Yahwehs power, but you can experience it and execute it.

I could of course choose to remarry another illusion in stead of power, I could decide that the best thing for me is comfort for instance. I could build my life in such a way that I never need lift a finger when I didn't want to and never do anything I disliked. But if someone came and convinced me that I was wasting precious time that I should have used doing Yahweh's will, I may once again become crushed and feel I was useless and not worthy of love.

Once again truth would be my rescue unless I decided to jump into yet another illusion. The truth that Yahweh loves me. The truth that He is willing to help and forgive sins and that he is willing and able to mend me and the destruction my neglect has caused.

I am sure you have now understood that it would be stupid of me to pick up yet another illusion that again would lead me to the state of being shattered once more! Let's cling onto reality, no matter how it feels, and get one fact rammed down into the very core of our being:

We are precious, because Yahweh (God) thinks we are,
and He loves us and comes to our rescue.

Once we stand on that truth, we can face anything, and ironically it makes us strong, beautiful, happy, cheerful, restful, content and all the other things we cannot possess but only receieve as we stand in Him. Like standing in the wind. He is our true Husband, and the one we need to be devoted to. In truth reality is better than any illusion.