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\u201cDo not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds\u2026\u201d<\/em> Colossians 3:9<\/p>\n

The Lie<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I told a lie today. To be sure, it didn\u2019t hurt anybody; in fact, I told it to protect somebody. Someone asked me a question and I had the answer, but I knew I needed to keep the information private, so I said I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Just a teensy lie\u2026 to protect someone\u2026 and it wasn\u2019t my story to tell in the first place\u2026 and this person shouldn\u2019t have asked for this information\u2026 and I feared once this person knew that I was privy to certain information, they would continue to ask more questions that I also should not answer\u2026but no one got hurt, after all\u2026<\/p>\n

How easy it is to excuse ourselves! Our faithful God spoke quietly in my ear later in the day (or at least that\u2019s when I finally listened to Him.) He said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you trust Me?\u201d Oh! I do, Lord! I do trust You! Why, I\u2019ve trusted You all these years, through thick and thin!<\/p>\n

But Adam and Eve floated around in my head. Two people in a perfect world who did not trust God. His \u201cdon\u2019t\u201d wasn\u2019t enough for them. His presence wasn\u2019t enough for them. They didn\u2019t trust Him to tell them the truth. They wanted what they\u2019d been denied, because then\u2026 then\u2026 their eyes would be opened! They\u2019d really know things if God hadn\u2019t denied this one thing.<\/p>\n

I repented for not trusting God. If I had trusted God, I would told the truth without lying, and left the outcome in His hands. When I lie instead of tell the truth, I take the situation out of God\u2019s hands and put it in my own. I become the caretaker of the situation, the decider of outcomes, the defender of my reputation in the eyes of man.<\/p>\n

I could have told the truth. I could have said, \u201cNow, you know I can\u2019t tell confidential things.\u201d Or, \u201cThey will talk about it when they\u2019re ready.\u201d There\u2014it would have been the whole truth, though I admit I remembered the times I\u2019ve been told effectively to mind my own business, and I know it hurts (even when I should have minded my own business.)<\/p>\n

Trusting Him means we do what He\u2019s asked us to do, without regard to how our words are received, without regard to our reputation, without considering whether we will be perceived as a nice person. I trust Him to take care of me when I walk in obedience to His Word. I can say what needs to be said in a kind way\u2026 and I can and should tell the truth while I say it.<\/p>\n

\u201cLord, forgive us for excusing our sin. By the prompting of Your Spirit, may we always be ready to tell the truth\u2014in a kind, gentle way. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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