“He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit” (Proverbs 12:17).
Have you ever noticed that you are never tempted to lie if there are no consequences to face? We lie for selfish reasons – to get out of trouble, to save face, to sugar coat the truth, to make ourselves look better, seem smarter, sound funnier, etc. The plain truth is often deemed boring and so we spice it up with embellishments. As a result, we compromise our character and integrity to tell a funny story or magnify our accomplishments. When George O’Leary was fired as Georgia Tech’s football coach for falsifying his resume, many other coaches quietly altered their own resumes: they feared they would receive a similar fate if their own fabrications were discovered. Shortly thereafter, several Division I football coaches made smaller headlines when they proofread their resumes and biographies published in school programs and “discovered that inaccurate statements had somehow made its way into information compiled by assistants.” The Holy Spirit within each believer is the Spirit of Truth (I John 5:6). “Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight” (Proverbs 12:22). Christian men must be beacons of truth, willing to speak the truth even when it is not “convenient” to do so. Part of becoming a man transpires when we do the right thing when no one is looking; this is true evidence of character.
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