June 5, 2024

Passage Read: Isaiah 59-62
Meditation Verse: 59:4

Thought

How true this is, from the least of us to the greatest. No one is completely honest. We trust in confusion and misdirection, and even speak lies. We don't sue righteously or plead honestly. We present the side of truth that supports our want, rather than the whole truth that might show we aren't the oppressed one, or that our lack is our own making.

Application

Watch myself and see, when I'm tempted to speak only part of the truth or to cast up confusion, check myself and see why. What is it I'm trying to accomplish or to hide? Why hide it? Guard against twisting or distorting or concealing the truth in order to protect myself or gain something I feel I can't otherwise obtain.