No Matter What?
Theme of the Week: Stick to Shooting Straight
Monday, August 24, 2009
 1 of 1
Key Bible Verse: The Holy One has given you his Spirit, and … you know the difference between truth and lies (1 John 2:20-21). Bonus Reading: Psalm 24:3-6
As a new Christian, I had a job that paid by the hour but demanded a set amount of work within the allotted time frame. So everyone was expected to work "off the clock." We were being paid by the task, it was explained to me, no matter how short or long it took. If we finished early we could go home and have someone else clock out for us. If we didn't get done in time, we punched out then finished the job.
After I'd worked there about a year, an investigator from corporate headquarters visited, going around asking each of us if we'd ever worked off the clock.
I didn't know how I should respond. Fifty others had already answered no. If I told the truth, I'd get them all in trouble, possibly lose my job, and hurt our store. Though I considered honesty the best policy, I wasn't so sure it applied to such a complex situation.
Since I was the last person to be interviewed, I had time to ask my Bible study group what to do. They showed me verse after verse that called for honesty no matter what. All my "Yeah, buts … " evaporated. I did the right thing, and from then on knew how to deal with any similar situation.
—Larry Osborne in A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
My Response: Have I determined to adhere to honesty "no matter what"?
Adapted from A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God (Multnomah, 2007) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integritymagazine.
Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity. 1 of 1
 share this page
May your truth so live in me, Lord, that every form of deceit is wrung out of my life.
Men of Integrity
Connect with God | Transform my Mind | Live by His Power
Relate Better | Make an Impact
Home | Archives | Contact Us
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Try an Issue of Men of Integrity
Free!
|
 |
|
No credit card required. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only. Click here for International orders.
If you decide you want to keep Men of Integrity coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive five more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The trial issue is yours to keep, regardless.
Give Men of Integrity as a gift
Buy 1 gift subscription, get 1 FREE!
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
| |
|
RSS Feed
