Small children’s honesty is one quality that makes them so endearing to us. Whatever is in their heart, they say.
But through the process of socialization, we slowly teach them not to be quite so honest when they speak about other people or certain situations.
And slowly over time, they lose their innocence and honesty, and eventually they are less appealing to everyone else because the child who has grown up is less trustworthy.
Perhaps this is what is so appealing about Jesus — His honesty. Finally we see a person who was without any deceit or cunning.
He had no hidden agendas and never left anyone with any doubt about what was in His heart.
In the Gospels when we see Jesus in social situations, He does not withhold painful truth. With religious hypocrites, He called them what they were.
Even with His closest disciples, He openly rebuked them for their political scheming or when they tried to hinder His work.
In every case in which we see Jesus speak and interact with people, He is absolutely honest and that is why we love Him.
So when Jesus says, “Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” we want to trust Him.
He is believable beyond doubt when He says, “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father except by me,” all because He was a man of unparalleled truth.
And because we see no deceit in Jesus when He tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life,” we know we can trust Him and turn our lives over to Him.
Today won’t you follow the Man who never lied to anyone? He claimed to be the Messiah who came to deliver us from our sins, and since He never lied once, we can believe that He is the One who will deliver us if we will just believe in Him.
Call upon Him today and let Him speak truth into your life.
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