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Let Your ‘Yes’ Be ‘Yes
Recently I saw a commercial on television that mad me laugh. The scene was that of a school lunchroom. The camera closed in on a long table of children eating their lunches. Then one child whispers to another until the last child repeats what he believes he heard from the whisperer. Needless to say, the child that repeated the message looked confused, as it was not the same message as the original one. I smiled at this situation because as a child I recall playing the same game and each time the message was passed to the next one it lost a little more in the translation.
I work in an office, as I am sure some of you also do. An office is great breeding ground for gossip and vicious rumors, and not too long ago the truth of this reared its ugly head.
I will not go into details, but let me just say that the gossip was vicious, hurtful and cruel. While there may have been some truth to the rumors, I know God did not want me to play ‘judge and jury’ – that was His job. Night after night I prayed and agonized over the situation, asking God to help all parties involved and each time God led me to specific Bible verses that comforted and gave direction. Eventually, God allowed the entire truth of the situation to be revealed.
Gossip is like that children’s game known as telephone. The original message will never be the same one that is revealed by the last person to repeat it. Gossip like telephone can spread false facts and half-truths.
I believe that is why the word declares in Matthew 5:37 (NIV) Simply, let your yes be yes and your no be no. Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
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