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| If you don't have Integrity, you have NOTHING! You can't buy it! You can have all the money in the world, BUT if you are not a MORAL & ETHICAL person, you really have NOTHING....... Wisdom is knowing the right path to take; Integrity is taking it..... |
Chances are good that many who are reading these lines are /were the target of someone's lying accusations, -presently or in the past.....
That can be an anguishing cross to bear.
I've been there, so I speak from a very painful experience.....
Since this is an ongoing issue for many of us, it could be helpful to draw a few guidelines to follow based on the way "Job" (as per Job 21), handled his accuser.
Listen to what is being said, considering the character of the critic.
Listen to what is being said, considering the character of the critic.
Stay calm!
You will be tempted to jump in and rashly react in the flesh, saying things you will later regret......
Do your best to listen to what is being said.
While doing so, keep in mind the character of the person who is the source of the accusation. Calmly take it all in.
Job did that, which prepared him for his further response.
Respond with true facts and accurate information, knowing the nature of your accuser.
Respond with true facts and accurate information, knowing the nature of your accuser.
Speak truth!
Stay on the side of accuracy, regardless.
The other person may be a former wife or family member....
He or she could be your previous or current boss, an employee, a neighbor, a pastor, or a friend.
It doesn't matter who the individual is.
If you are being accused, you need to focus only on facts.
Don't react or ponder ways to retaliate.
If you yield to either temptation, you'll come off sounding like the accuser.
God honors integrity.
Maybe not immediately, but ultimately you'll be vindicated.
Remember David's prayer:
"Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity" (Psalm 26:1).
Truth will prevail among people who traffic in it and make their decisions based on it.
Abraham Lincoln was told that he needed to fire his postmaster general.
Abraham Lincoln was told that he needed to fire his postmaster general.
All kinds of accusations were being leveled against the man.
Lincoln weighed rumor against hard evidence, and on July 18, 1864, he wrote Secretary Stanton a letter saying he was not going to do that because the information was based on hearsay, not accurate facts.
In that letter he correctly concluded, "Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."
Wise response........
Stay with the truth.
Stay with the truth.
Don't exaggerate it, don't deny it, and don't hesitate to say it.
Shalom & Maranatha
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