Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of sin, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! Psalm 32:2
I love honesty because it is the key to so many things; the one I am thinking about at this moment is that it is the key to revelation from God.
Recently I attended a women’s retreat where the theme was “Priceless Women”. In one of the discussion groups one of the women honestly confessed something that I’m sure others were thinking. She said, “I can believe that I am valuable to God, but I am finding it difficult to believe that I am priceless.” Some discussion ensued, then one woman shared this revelation she received from God. “When something, like a jewel or a rare artifact, is discovered it is valuable, but when it is the only one of its kind in the whole world, it is unique and therefore priceless. Because you are unique – even your fingerprints are one of a kind – then don’t you think that makes you priceless?” What a joyous revelation that was to all of us. One person’s honesty enabled revelation to come forth.
If we walk in honesty before God we allow him to reveal his grace and mercy to us – especially when we confess our weakness, struggles and sins. It is only then can he forgive us of our sin. If we are honest with others it keeps us humble and enables others to see us as we really are. It also kills any lurking spirit of competition because we are not trying to be something we are not. Honesty enables us to demonstrate God’s grace and love because when we’ve received forgiveness and unconditional love we are more able to offer it to others. Honesty is also our defence against pride, judgmentalism and hypocrisy and who doesn’t want to be protected against those horrible sins!
You will be surprised at the effect your own honesty will have upon you if you are used to living in pretense. It is hard to keep up a façade all the time. Being honest is so freeing. It also frees others to be honest with themselves and with God. It can enable them to become more accepting of their own frailty, and to love themselves in spite of it. It can be a key to helping them to feel secure enough to love and accept others rather than feeling they have to compete.
Honesty brings freedom, not only to ourselves but to others. Start the ball rolling. Dare to be honest and find great freedom…. today!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please give me the courage to be honest in all my conversations and always in everything I do. Amen
I love honesty because it is the key to so many things; the one I am thinking about at this moment is that it is the key to revelation from God.
Recently I attended a women’s retreat where the theme was “Priceless Women”. In one of the discussion groups one of the women honestly confessed something that I’m sure others were thinking. She said, “I can believe that I am valuable to God, but I am finding it difficult to believe that I am priceless.” Some discussion ensued, then one woman shared this revelation she received from God. “When something, like a jewel or a rare artifact, is discovered it is valuable, but when it is the only one of its kind in the whole world, it is unique and therefore priceless. Because you are unique – even your fingerprints are one of a kind – then don’t you think that makes you priceless?” What a joyous revelation that was to all of us. One person’s honesty enabled revelation to come forth.
If we walk in honesty before God we allow him to reveal his grace and mercy to us – especially when we confess our weakness, struggles and sins. It is only then can he forgive us of our sin. If we are honest with others it keeps us humble and enables others to see us as we really are. It also kills any lurking spirit of competition because we are not trying to be something we are not. Honesty enables us to demonstrate God’s grace and love because when we’ve received forgiveness and unconditional love we are more able to offer it to others. Honesty is also our defence against pride, judgmentalism and hypocrisy and who doesn’t want to be protected against those horrible sins!
You will be surprised at the effect your own honesty will have upon you if you are used to living in pretense. It is hard to keep up a façade all the time. Being honest is so freeing. It also frees others to be honest with themselves and with God. It can enable them to become more accepting of their own frailty, and to love themselves in spite of it. It can be a key to helping them to feel secure enough to love and accept others rather than feeling they have to compete.
Honesty brings freedom, not only to ourselves but to others. Start the ball rolling. Dare to be honest and find great freedom…. today!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please give me the courage to be honest in all my conversations and always in everything I do. Amen
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