The Belt of Truth.

Stepping Out in RED Shoes!

 - Day 130 -

It's Expected that I'll Operate 

in Truth and Integrity.

Many years ago, I betrayed a dear friend.  I broke my promise to them.  I didn't operate the way I was expected to -- with truth and integrity.  Not only that...  I betrayed myself and I betrayed God.  I guess I let everybody down.   How does something like that happen?  I didn't just wake up one day and decide to do a flip flop.

Betrayal was totally out of character for me.

Truth be told, it was during an extremely vulnerable time in my life.  I'd been hurt and betrayed myself.  I was scared.  I didn't ever want to be hurt like that again, so I put my guard up.  Like Fort Knox, no one could get in -- not even God!

But... you know who, was peddling lots of other options.  The enemy of our soul thrives on people's pain.  He sat there, day in and day out, talking, scheming, deceiving -- just waiting for me to bite the bait.  And eventually I did.

"Be alert and of sober mind.  

Your enemy the devil prowls 

around like a roaring lion 

looking for someone to devour."

  1 Peter 5:8

But this is not the story of wayward living.   Quite the contrary... it's the story of redemption.  Christ came for me.  He paid for and covered my sins.  He found me in the thicket and brought me home.

Today, as I was putting on the full armor of God, this story brought revelation to just what "The Belt of Truth"  is all about.  It's so much more than just not lying.  When I buckle that belt into position, I  remind myself that as an Ambassador for Christ, I am to operate in an expected way --  the same way Christ would --  with truth and integrity,  faithfulness and loyalty.

I'm to keep my promises.
I'm to be true to my word.
I'm to be honest and sincere.
I'm to be trustworthy in all things...

to God,  myself  and others.

If you think of it, a belt is what holds everything in place.  It keeps our shirt from flying up and our pants from falling down.  How apropos that it would be included in our spiritual wardrobe.   As I put on my helmet of salvation, my breastplate of righteous and my shoes of peace,  I take time to make sure it's all held in place with Truth and Integrity!

After all, a complete wardrobe is more than just RED shoes! 

Gail