Profession vs Performance

October 1

Reconciliation does not come easily. Forgiveness and restoration are achieved in areas of human endeavor but not without a high price. Whether in business and industry or in politics or in marriage, when trust has been breached, great effort must be invested in order that it be restored.

And the key word is ‘trust.’ Without the ability to have absolute confidence in those with whom we interact, man is not inclined to allow anyone into the inner sanctum of his life—into that part of himself that requires transparency.

In the up-coming election, the current American president finds himself facing the reality of the gulf between the promised openness of his administration and the secrecy and duplicity that has characterized it. Many voters who find him likable and who respect his office do not to plan to vote for him in November because of his proclivity to govern more by executive order than by the Constitution, more like a dictator than like a president.

Not only politicians but others are undone by the contrast between what they profess and what they live. It is only Jesus who upholds Paul’s words in Romans 5:8, “God shows His great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners.” We needn’t prove our trustworthiness to the Lord before He will accept our credibility. We need only place our lives at His feet, and He will reconcile us to Himself.