''BUT YOU DESIRE HONESTY FROM THE HEART, SO YOU CAN TEACH ME TO BE WISE IN MY INMOST BEING.''-PSALMS 51:69 (NLT)   GOD WANTS YOU TO BE HONEST DEEP IN YOUR HEART. TRUTH ON THE SURFACE ISN'T ENOUGH.WHEN YOU ARE HONEST IN YOUR INERMOST BEING, GOD CAN TEACH YOU TO BE WISE AND SENSIBLE IN YOUR SPEECH AND BEHAVIOR.SUPPOSE THE NICEST KID (BUT LEAST POPULAR)IN YOUR CLASS INVITES YOU TO HIS OR HER BIRTHDAY PARTY. YOU SQUIRM INWARDLY,BUT SAY, '' I'D LOVE TO COME! '' YOU SEARCH FOR HOURS IN YOUR BRAIN TO FIND AN EXCUSE TO AVOID GOING. IF YOU GO, YOU'LL HAVE A ROTTEN TIME. IF YOU LIE TO ESCAPE GOING, YOU'LL FEEL GUILTY AND HE OR SHE MIGHT FIND OUT.

BEING HONEST WITH OUR LIPS IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START. YOU COULD HAVE SAID '' THANKS FOR ASKING ME, I CAN LET YOU KNOW TOMAROW.'' TOTAL TRUTH! YOU HAVEN'T LIED, BUT YOU HAVEN'T COMMITTED YOURSELF TO DO ANYTHING YET. YOU DON'T HAVE A TOUCHY SITUATION TO DEAL WITH EITHER.BUT LET'S DIG DEEPER, INTO YOUR INNERMOST BEING. GOD WANTS HONESTY FROM THE HEART. AND THE TRUTH IS THAT YOUR HEART HAS SOME DIRTY SPOTS ON IT:PRIDE, LACK OF LOVE,FEAR OF WHAT OTHERS MIGHT THINK INSTEAD OF WHAT GOD THINKS OF YOUR ACTIONS. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT CHOOSE TO GO TO THE PARTY, BUT SHARE WITH GOD WHAT'S REALLY IN YOU'R HEART. THEN HE CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS, TO HAVE WISE SPEECH AND BEHAVIOR WITH OTHERS.

REMEMBER, GOD ALREADY KNOWS YOUR HEART. SO OPEN UP WITH HIM TODAY!-GET REAL-AND THEN GET WISE!