Journey to Holiness: See the truth, even if it hurts
March 18, 2019: Monday, Second week of Lent
Daniel 9: 4-10; Luke 6: 36-38
Truth is what is. It never changes according to one's convenience or inconvenience. Much of the virtues that are at stake these days can be traced back to one tendency as a source: the unwillingness to see the truth. It is not certainly an inability, but an unwillingness and in that, it is a choice, a deliberate choice for the evil.
There is a crime racket that is shaking our State (Tamilnadu) these days...and a couple of days back the mother of one of the accused (although the case of him being the accused is so evident, even from his own admission of it), spoke to the media defending her son, and maligning the name and the character of a victim. This is so typical of the world today. According to these sorts of persons, there is nothing called 'truth', what exists is only what pleases them and what does not! Can this be our lifestyle?
We need to see the truth even if it hurts. If I find myself at fault, I should be courageous enough to admit it. If I find another at fault I should be prophetic enough to point it out and Christian enough to forgive him or her. If I find it impossible to forgive another, can I ever hope to be forgiven by the Lord? How can there be two measures, one which I use and the other which I wish to be used for me by God. The measure is the same and that is truth... hence let us learn to see the truth, however tough it might be!
Holiness tip for Today: Be aware of your need for forgiveness; forgive the other!