I was in a corporate meeting a while back and listened to a man lie through his teeth. He was in upper management and no one had the guts to call him on it. Within a few weeks, the lie was treated as fact and things within the business started to change for the worse.
The Edmund Burke adage was proven true, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
Unfortunately, I was one of the men doing nothing, but that was going to change. I dove into a plan to right the wrong that I witnessed, in hopes of restoring truth within the ranks. It didn’t take long for me to realize that if I wasn’t careful in how I exposed the lie, I could quickly become a thing of the past.
The sobering thought gripping my heart was how important it was to stand up for truth no matter what the cost. If nothing else, it would be easier than trying to make up for lost ground or cleaning up after corruption turns into a new standard of operation.
The issue led me to reflect on 3 John 1:3, “It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth.” I wondered if someone would have spoken such positive praise of me had I gently corrected the executive with grace the moment it happened. Instead, I faced a series of painful days trying to correct what could have been avoided with a simple grace filled comment in the moment.
Today, I try to stand faithfully for truth.
So...how did things turn out?
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