Honesty: Is it the best policy?
As I am beginning to reflect on what honesty means for all of us, I am also wondering how much I really want to explore honesty myself. Every message I preach causes me to spend a number of hours reflecting on the topic and especially where that issue intersects my life. I wouldn’t call myself dishonest most of the time but there are times when honesty is hurtful to others- what is better: to hurt people or be dishonest? Of course then begins the slippery slope of never being honest which is also a tremendous challenge. I want to explore how honesty becomes a reality in everyday living. Can it be so without alienating everyone around us? Why do we tolerate dishonesty in society, in the name of tact or politeness? What would God want from us and what does the Bible say to us.
I’ve tried to have a policy in my life: don’t ask if you don’t want to know (the truth). Still at times I have fudged that policy when I deemed it was expedient. Clearly, this is an isue worth working out and worth saving for the end of the Character Series. How do you feel about honesty?
