Daily Devotions
Give Me the Truth!
Reading for June 21st: Proverbs 22-23
By truth, and do not sell it…
Proverbs 23:23
I want to share something with you for today that I did not write, but I believe it might be perhaps the best exposition of this proverb I've ever seen in print. It is by Bill Crews. Read and meditate upon the seriousness of truth.
Give Me the Truth!
If you are my friend, if you are concerned about my soul, give me the truth.
Do not flatter me. Do not praise my virtues while remaining silent about my vices. Do not fear that the truth will offend me. Do not treasure our friendship, our friendly relations, above my salvation. Do not think that by ignoring my sins you can help. Do not think that being blind to my sins will prove yourself charitable.
However I may react to it whatever may be my attitude toward you after you have done it, give me the truth! For the truth, and only the truth, can make men free from the shackles of sin, strengthen me in the pathway of righteousness, and lead me to the joys of heaven.
If I am wavering, weak, lukewarm, indifferent, neglectful; if I have been overtaken in a trespass, if I have been drawn into the pleasures of the world; if I have left first love; if I have been led astray by error; or if I have done none of these, but simply need to grow in knowledge and be edified, give me the truth!
Thank you, Father, for the truth of your Word, and for true friends who love us enough to share it with us.
