Believability

Most of us have all heard the story about the boy who cried wolf. If not, it is a story about a boy who lied about being in trouble from a wolf attack to get something he wanted, and then when he needed help because a wolf really did attack, no one came to help as they thought that he was still lying.

Everybody would understand that the best way for people to believe what you are telling them, is to tell people the truth all of the time. But it seems that of late, we spend a lot more time trying to convince people what to believe, instead of just relying on the truth.

One's past experiences and behavior do not seem to factor in as much as one would think or hope for any more. I don't know if it is just because we are so desperate for things to get better, or we want change so badly that our wishful thinking overtakes our common sense, or that we just don't want to believe that people would lie so much.

Either way, truth has become so subjective to one's personal life and belief system,  we are looking for others to explain their truth to us so as not to offend anyone with ours. At best it's super confusing, and at worst, we are in the process of removing absolute truth altogether.

"Above all, my brothers, do not swear–not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, or you will be condemned." James 5:12.

Truth is true, so it really needs no explaining. Explanations are often at best, just wordy justifications for what we want to be true. Truth is, if something is true, we can just claim it and proclaim it. I guess it really depends on what your source for truth is. Actually, truth is the only thing that is absolutely true.

I have an idea: instead of letting go of truth slowly so as not to offend, let's hold onto it tighter than ever. Then there would be a whole lot less explaining and a whole lot more proclaiming going on - Amen?!

...just sayin'

In His Grip,

Pastor Pat