Since God knows all things, it is important that we be
always sincere in our truthfulness of relationships towards our fellow men and
women. We cannot deceive God. And the Bible points
clearly to us. “Pardon, and you shall be pardoned. Give,
and it shall be given to you…..for the measure you measure with will be
measured back to you” (Lk. 6:38). With more reason we should exert
efforts in doing good sincerely towards our service to God and the neighbor
since God knows our secret intentions and purposes and how much the Lord
detests such hypocritical pretense and attitudes in relationships towards
others, both towards God and our fellow men and women. Such was the
reason why Jesus objected to the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. “It is
because you are unable to understand my language. The devil is your
father, and you prefer to do what your father wants. He was a
murderer from the start; he was never grounded in the truth; there is no truth
in him at all: when he lies he is drawing on his own store, because he is a
liar, and the father of lies” (Jn. 8:43-45).
St. Teresa often advised her nuns to be truthful
always. Rightfully so, because God is a God of truth and the devil
is the father of lies. Even while here on earth we have to keep our lines
of connection open to God because God is a God of truth (cf. Jn. 8:45). So
if your love for God and the fellow men and women is true and sincere, you can
only reap the golden harvest of God’s undying word which assures us: “We know
that God makes all things work together for the good of those who love him who
have been called according to his decree” (Rom. 8:28).
If you are true and sincere you will certainly endeavor
to seek for His will and do God’s will in your life. God Almighty
knows your every secret desire and intention. Even William
Shakespeare in his play Hamlet expresses how that sincerity is essential: “To
thine own self be true and it will follow as day follows night you will be true
to every man” (Hamlet act i, sc.3).
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