I’ve been struggling lately with preaching TRUTH. When do I do it? When do I shut up and leave things alone? One thing is clear… When I do speak (what I consider truth) I usually get labeled rude and arrogant. However what has shocked me is that I always expected strangers to be the ones who hated me. I never expected it to come from loved ones and close friends. But then I realized “of course! They are the ones who stand the most to lose. They are the ones who are offended because deep down they know that I know!” A stranger tends not to be offended because they can always say, “you don’t know me”. But a brother, a parent, a cousin… they are the ones who run the risk of being found out!
Anyone else struggle with this? You want to say something but you know if you do WWIII will break out. Do you go ahead and say it? Or do you keep the peace at the risk of losing your mind?
If anything, it has challenged me to be “above reproach” because if I’m going to start spouting off truth to people I had better be living truthfulness myself. Otherwise I’m just a hypocrite with a forked tongue and a few verses of deception.
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I say speak truth. It's tricky though because often times I have to double check myself as to my motivations for speaking truth. Do I really care that they get what God has opened my eyes to...or am I speaking truth only to inform them that they are wrong? Where I think a lot of people go wrong is when they mix sarcasm with truth...and it's taken as arrogant only because deep down it is. If your goal is for them to really hear you then go for it with caution and true humility. Not speaking down, but rather wounded to wounded. I say all this mainly because I'm starting to believe that an eye opening understanding of truth is given, not learned. I also think that when covered with honest humility you will almost always be above reproach.
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