There are some common questions that come up in the Christian Worldview courses that I teach when the nurture versus nature conversation is introduced. I ask students about why we have to teach kids about being honest in the first place. Why do we need to teach and encourage children to speak the truth? And how much of this truth training carries over into our adulthood?
Internal honesty is this unique state of being that God calls us to live by, in order to live well. In raw terms, it translates into no longer acting or thinking like a child who tells lies easily and is happy living life unto themselves. Their emotions and feelings need to be “molded” right along with owning them, honestly.
The biblical mandate calls us to grow up spiritually to face the hard things in life, to confront the uncomfortable things that make us want to run and hide. Psalm 139 tells us clearly that we cannot hide from God at any time, and we cannot go anywhere God is not present. And so, we are given an inimitable invitation to live the life that we were meant to have, to be who we were intended to be, choosing the exceptional honest life that changes everything about us into what is characterized as a sanctified life.
To live from this foundation provides us a great alternative to guilt and worry and helps us to seek peaceful resolutions in all facets of our lives. In short, it allows us to start fresh, and not live in hiding. Want to put a smile back on your face when things on the inside get tough? Take the time to look inside of yourself and see what needs a little clean up.
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