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“Honesty Goes A Long Way”
Isaiah 6:5 NIV
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
As I’ve mentioned many times in the past, I am a fan of police shows. Watching the reality of what police officers experience is thrilling in many ways, but also touching in some ways as well. My wife and I will often make comments to each other and our girls how certain officers are really cool in the way they handle things.
One of the things that has stuck out to me lately is when a traffic stop is made and the officer has a hunch there are drugs involved or sees some drug paraphernalia, so then the driver or passengers are immediately asked to step out of the car. Many officers will then cut right to the chase and say, “Look, honesty goes a long way with here. If you’re honest with me right now about the drugs you have, we can work something out”. This doesn’t mean the officer will totally let them off the hook, but with the honesty, the officer will often either destroy it and let them go after delivering a teaching moment.
I’ve had that phrase stuck in my mind for a while now as I watch the shows. If the people aren’t honest and try to play dumb and the cops find more drugs, then off to jail they go or pay a hefty fine. The officers value up front honesty and often times, the officers can tell right away if the person is lying. As I think about this in our lives with God, He values our honesty. When we come to Him, He wants us to admit the junk in our lives. He wants us to be up front with Him, admit our faults and ask for forgiveness. We can’t hide anything from God.
I would imagine it’s pretty hard to hide things from cops. They are smart and know how to spot things that aren’t good. They want people to be honest with them and for it to be a teaching moment. God also wants to have teaching moments with us and He wants to guide us. Parents want their kids to be honest with them. Teachers want students to be honest with them. Any person in authority desires for another person in a lesser position to be honest. Honesty goes a long way.
So often, I think we forget this in life. I have really tried to make this a practice in my life. Not just to look good to others, but to really have a good conscience and be a faithful servant for God. I want to be honest in all that I do. But, there are times I don’t want to be honest and I’d rather hide something because I don’t want to face the music.
We can all learn a lot by remembering that honesty goes a long way. When we’ve messed up, we need to come clean before God and before those we have wronged.
“Honesty Goes A Long Way”
Isaiah 6:5 NIV
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
As I’ve mentioned many times in the past, I am a fan of police shows. Watching the reality of what police officers experience is thrilling in many ways, but also touching in some ways as well. My wife and I will often make comments to each other and our girls how certain officers are really cool in the way they handle things.
One of the things that has stuck out to me lately is when a traffic stop is made and the officer has a hunch there are drugs involved or sees some drug paraphernalia, so then the driver or passengers are immediately asked to step out of the car. Many officers will then cut right to the chase and say, “Look, honesty goes a long way with here. If you’re honest with me right now about the drugs you have, we can work something out”. This doesn’t mean the officer will totally let them off the hook, but with the honesty, the officer will often either destroy it and let them go after delivering a teaching moment.
I’ve had that phrase stuck in my mind for a while now as I watch the shows. If the people aren’t honest and try to play dumb and the cops find more drugs, then off to jail they go or pay a hefty fine. The officers value up front honesty and often times, the officers can tell right away if the person is lying. As I think about this in our lives with God, He values our honesty. When we come to Him, He wants us to admit the junk in our lives. He wants us to be up front with Him, admit our faults and ask for forgiveness. We can’t hide anything from God.
I would imagine it’s pretty hard to hide things from cops. They are smart and know how to spot things that aren’t good. They want people to be honest with them and for it to be a teaching moment. God also wants to have teaching moments with us and He wants to guide us. Parents want their kids to be honest with them. Teachers want students to be honest with them. Any person in authority desires for another person in a lesser position to be honest. Honesty goes a long way.
So often, I think we forget this in life. I have really tried to make this a practice in my life. Not just to look good to others, but to really have a good conscience and be a faithful servant for God. I want to be honest in all that I do. But, there are times I don’t want to be honest and I’d rather hide something because I don’t want to face the music.
We can all learn a lot by remembering that honesty goes a long way. When we’ve messed up, we need to come clean before God and before those we have wronged.