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4/30/2010 3:58 am

Honestly

The Bible In One Year:
1 Kings 8-9; Luke 21:1-19

Read: Proverbs 12:17-22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who deal truthfully are His delight. –Proverbs 12:22

Today is National Honesty Day in the United States. It is a little-known designation for April 30, but an important one nonetheless.

Author M. Hirsh Goldberg established National Honesty Day in the early 1990s as a way to honor the honorable and encourage honesty. He said that April 30 was selected because “April begins with a day dedicated to lying [April Fool’s Day] and should end on a higher moral note.”

Honesty Day would be a good time to review the value of this trait according to God’s Word. Honesty is not as easy as it seems–but we please God by striving for it.

An understanding of honesty begins with recognizing that God–our ultimate example–is truth Deut. 32.4 and that He cannot lie
(Num. 23:19; Heb. 6:18. Also, He hates falsehood
Prov. 6:16-19. Beyond that, all lies have as their originator Satan himself (John 8:44).

For our part, we can use these Scriptures as our guide: “A righteous man hates lying” Prov. 13.5; love rejoices in truth
1 Cor. 13.6; lying is part of the old nature (Col. 3:9); growth means setting aside deceit 1 Peter 2.1; and speaking truth declares righteousness (Prov. 12:17).

Let’s make every day Honesty Day.

Help me, dear Lord, to be honest and true
In all that I say and all that I do;
Give me the courage to do what is right,
To bring to the world a glimpse of Your light. –Fasick

People who trust God’s Word should be people whose word can be trusted