Originally published Thursday, 25 January 2018.
Have you hurt someone, but can't seem to apologize?
Is there an argument you feel completely entitled to uphold?
Does anger overwhelm you?
Do you have the feeling your assumptions were completely off base?
Are you ashamed of what you've done?
Sometimes, I internally know I am 100% wrong, but externally cannot admit the truth. It's like my heart knows what it needs to do, but my mouth can't speak.
It feels like everyone might hate me or turn away. It feels like I might be the bad egg that falls down the chute. Bye-bye...Kelly....!
Ever been there?
Perhaps, you're trying to maintain a good status at work, or defending an issue you know you need to change your mind on or coming down on hard on one specific person because you always have. Maybe you do this. . . all to the detriment of truth.
But, it is the truth that sets us free. (Jo. 8:32)
John Piper boils this vicious cycle down to one issue. He puts it like this:
"Pride is the enemy inside us that speaks to us like a friend. Its counsel sounds so much like self-protection, preservation, and promotion we are often blinded to the fact that it's destroying us and others. It rises in great indignation as a prosecuting attorney when others' pride damages us, but it minimizes, qualifies, excuses, rationalizes and blame-shifts our behavior when we damage others. We can easily be deceived into believing that our pride wants to save us, when really, it's our internal Judas betraying us with a kiss." - John Piper, DesiringGod.com
What if rather than being tethered to insular pride, we were released to outpouring love? What freedom might God have for us?
"And the truth will set you free.” Jo. 8:32
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