“Honesty Pays”
Saturday, April 19, 2025Key Verse
“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: …” 1 Peter 2:12a
Text — 1 Peter 2:11,12
Message
There are actually actions that speak louder than words. The way you behave causes people to form their opinions or feelings about you. Apostle Peter shows the friends of Jesus how they should act to glorify God before the unbelievers. They should abstain from fleshly lust and be honest in all they do. Honesty means truthfulness, openness and holy lifestyle. Though demoted to the background, yet honesty is the pillar upon which a just society rests.
It is needed in politics, at school, at home, government, law courts and in the church. Take honesty away from our behaviour; the family and the society becomes a hopeless and dreadful place to live in. Unfortunately, technology and civilization seem to have made the world more dishonest. People especially use the phones and the internet to easily show dishonest conducts. Do not join them, be truthful and live a holy life.
Your honest behaviour will make people to glorify God. You must show the good works of honesty wherever you go even if you have to suffer for it.
Further Reading
Romans 12:17,18
Prayer for today
Lord, help me to be honest and truthful wherever I go that Your name may be glorified in this sinful world.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
