"Honesty from the Heart"

April 01, 2023
Daily Devotion:

"Honesty from the Heart"

Psalm 51:6 (TLB)
You deserve honesty from the
heart; yes, utter sincerity and truthfulness. Oh, give me this wisdom. March
 
The Bible teaches that purity
of conduct includes truthfulness. The Bible teaches that we should be truthful
in our representation of ourselves. With what scorn Christ denounced the
hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees! In the Sermon on the Mount He rebuked
all hypocritical giving, praying, and fasting. We should also be truthful in
speaking of our past achievements in our particular vocation. God does not ask
us to understate the facts—that might even be untruthfulness—but neither does
He want us to overrate our achievements or our gifts, either in thought or in
speech. A lie is anything contrary to the naked truth.