“The simplest and most accessible key to our self-neglected liberation lies right here: Personal non-participation in lies.” Solzhenitsyn penned this essay in 1974 and it circulated among Moscow’s intellectuals at the time. It is dated Feb. 12, the same day that secret police broke into his apartment and arrested him. The next day he was exiled to West Germany. The essay is a call to moral courage and serves as light to all who value truth.
Most of the individuals walk on two parallel roads in their life journey. One which is transparent with straight goals and the other, the plan known only to self. Solzhenitsyn is so right in his statement made in his essay, people participate in one or other lies to accomplish their personal secret plan that usually travel along with their main path of life. The shortcuts, the double life, the lies the person believes and uses, obstructs their life journey. And when they find they are going in circles they end up blaming themselves, everyone including God. Man’s wants; the selfish and the wrong ones hinders and causes pain. Thank God we are all blessed with the conscience, the inner voice that guides and prompts us when we are doing something wrong. Usually when we fight to fit things to what we want then we are willing to walk over the conscience and ignore the inner voice that talks to us and prompts us. Carl Jung statement is such a reminder, ‘Deep down, below the surface of the average man’s conscience, he hears a voice whispering, “There is something not right,” no matter how much rightness is supported by public opinion or moral code.’
C S Lewis while putting his observation states this, “Humans are very seldom either totally sincere or totally hypocritical. Their moods change, their motives are mixed, and they are often themselves quite mistaken as to what their motives are.”. Unless one is willing to give up his secret agenda and the lies of the heart, life journey will continue to go in a haphazard manner. Good and evil both increases at compound interest. That is why the little decisions people make every day are of such infinite importance.
The right choices depend on keeping your soul pure. When you are surrendering your personal will and agenda in the hands of Lord Jesus and be truthful to Him then your entire life is transformed with hope and meaning in life. Stop assuming you can use your trump card at the end and achieve what you want. Life does not depend upon how tactful you can be to make your way. Your decision in the personal non-participation of lies in any form can unlock God’s blessing at all levels in your life. You can do it with the help of Christ Jesus who is willing to forgive your intentions and transform you. Even though we consistently violate His laws, He still is willing to grant us pardon. We can either accept the pardon and be released, or we can penalty ourselves. It is our choice. You can decide to find help from Him by confessing your folly and sin and find His grace and His provision in abundance.
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