Lady In Waiting

Proverbs 16:13
Good leaders cultivate honest speech; they love advisers who tell them the truth.

As many of you did, in my younger years I relished the fact that I had people around me, which to them, I could never do any wrong. I’ve never been short of friends that would pat me on the back and sing “man’s praise” over whatever I had going on.

However, I’m older now, and wiser. I can see where that environment was detrimental to me during many of my developmental years. I can see how the enemy used the back pats and words of praise to develop an addiction in my life – an addiction to people.

Thank God I am healed now, and I have come to understand the benefit and the blessing of having those close about me that will always tell me the truth. Now it is true, that the truth can hurt sometimes. It is also true, that sometimes I don’t want to hear the truth, because it means that I have failed in some area or some task I was trying to achieve. Not to mention… I am a bit sensitive, so I can struggle at times not with what is said, but how it is said. Nevertheless, being able to hear and make adjustments according to the truth is key to transformation and elevation in God. I am convinced, that as much as we would like to make the right decisions, or organize the perfect plan very time…we don’t. And before we know it, as Paul said in Romans 7:15 “but what I hate, that do I.” Sometimes, the very thing we purpose in our hearts not to do...we end up doing.

Thank God for the advisors in my life that tell me the truth; about me. For those who risk hurting my feelings, for those who care enough to wave the red flag, for those who only have my best at heart; I am grateful.

I challenge each of you today, to check out your inner circle, be sure that you have truthful advisors in your life. Be sure that you give them the permission to hold you accountable, and be sure that you purpose yourself to act on the truth once you hear it. Make adjustments, end, begin, turn, be quiet, speak up, apologize, forgive…what ever it means in your situation. When you do, (and this is one thing I love about God the most) God seems to stop Time!!!! He seems so see that we have set our heart to making a change in the right direction, and He seems to call the full force of heaven and its angelic hosts to attention and sets them to work on our behalf GLORY TO GOD!

Copyright 2011 Victoria L. Burse
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