The Godly Virtue Of Honesty
In 2 Kings chapter 12, we find this story. The temple badly needed repair so the King started what amounted to a Go-Fund-Me campaign. A chest with an opening in the top was placed at the temple door, and soon the chest was full. The priest distributed the money to building superintendents who paid workers and bought the materials for the temple’s repair. Before long the temple had been restored to its past glory.
The building superintendents who were key to the restoration of the temple were virtuous people. They were so honest that scripture tells us that the priest did not do an accounting of the money given to them from the chest. For they knew the superintendents “dealt honestly.”
“Dealing honestly” is not a virtue assigned to Representative George Santos, a Republican from New York. Congressman Santos has been caught in numerous lies about the basic facts of his life. Including his education, his wealth, and the story of his mother. These “ball-faced lies” has Democrats and Republicans calling for his resignation.
God does not want us to lie. Proverbs 6 makes lying one of the six things that the Lord hates. But still, we lie. We lie so much that we tell lies about our lies. Calling them “little white lies”, told without concern for their ethical or spiritual implications.
Yes, we are appalled by the lies of Congressman Santos. However, in our dismay have we examined our own relationship to the truth? Are we like the superintendents dealing honestly? Is our word golden in the world?
The Lord wants us to bask in the Godly virtue of honesty. It is my prayer for me, it is my prayer for you, and it is my prayer for George Santos.
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