Defensiveness and convincing are two things that we
are born with and use them to prove our views are “right.”. We do it
in our families, school, work, and social gatherings. If proved
wrong, we feel belittled, defeated or humiliated. Sometimes, having proved
wrong can upset our entire worldview, leaving us unanchored. Psychologist
cites, “the problem is that we all come with the necessary equipment to fall
into the “always be right” trap.”. Let us not forget that we all can go wrong
at any point of time, we fall into the trap ignorantly or deliberately.
Right and wrong are never relative as most people
think. The saying; “one man’s food is another man poison” does not
legitimize it. People support the wrong, sanitize it and
camouflage it as right for their convenience. Wrong is wrong however
one paints it to appear right. People politicize to dilute the truth
and use religion to give it a godly angle.
People attempt to use a wrong to rectify a wrong
but fail to understand that they end up doing more wrong. They constantly
have to strive to accommodate and mitigate the result of all
their wrong doings. Their conscience does not bother them as long as their
survival remains undisturbed. Sadly, the means and methodologies
become irrelevant and constantly battle with the consequences of
the many wrongs done in their day to day life.
Being right is always connected with
truth, liberating and helping people to live in freedom, which is why
Jesus asserted “truth shall set you free.”. And to know the
truth you need to know a God who is full of truth. Jesus claims, “I am the way the truth and the life.”. If
you want to live a liberated life you need to adopt the truth and the source of
the truth. Jesus is the full expression of God’s absolute truth. Peace
and joy your soul longs for are the result of doing what is right.
Come out of the illusion caused by tradition, meaningless ideologies
and theologies. R C Sproul puts it beautifully, “We live in an age of
compromise, but if we stand on the bedrock of God’s truth, we will not bend
with the winds of relativism and faithlessness.".
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