One of my pet peeves is when someone has a problem, but decides to beat around the bush instead of talking about it and then getting upset when the person they have a problem with doesn't fix what's wrong. God says that our communications should be straightforward. When we say yes, we should mean yes. There is no beating around the bush when it comes to God.
Look at when Jesus is confronting the Pharisees and Sadducees! He flat out calls them the hypocrites that they were. These people would wander around, boasting of what they did outwardly while inside their hearts was sinful pride continually. Even when we look at Romans 3:23 and verses surrounding that one. Nothing is left for guessing when God speaks.
God doesn't mince words and try to keep people guessing. Satan, on the other hand, does. As we saw in the post Our Defense, Satan knows the Bible and will use it against us if he can. He'll take verses out of context and turn them around on us, kind of like the name it and claim it messages that the TV preachers are always telling us about. Which name it and claim it only works if we are following Jesus closely and have a relationship with Him, because then we will name and claim God's will for our lives.
God has such blessing in store for us throughout our lives if we follow Him, but how can we be close to Him when we are full of sin? Many people may not see partial truths being lies and sinning against God, but really, how is that our Yes being Yes and No being No? Can we live for God while keeping others guessing at our communications?
I believe that God wants us to be honest always. Now sometimes we may need to think about wording before that honesty comes out of our mouths. Much damage can be done with this unruly tongue of ours, sometimes ESPECIALLY if it's the truth that is being spoken. People can be built up or torn down with a single honest word.
If we follow God closely, He will guide our words as we walk along with Him.
No comments:
Post a Comment