I have a problem. I have a hot button that NEVER ceases to make me angry. Hypocrisy hidden behind Christ.
My last post I discussed the critical church ladies all aflutter over the word “shit” – they make me angry. But I have to confess there are other issues much closer to my home that cause my heart to stumble.
I know of a man who holds a leadership position in the church. He makes a living in the Christian Community – and yet I know of his false character. I know he is a liar and that he destroyed federally protected records in order to cover up his lie. I know that he is not who he claims to be.
I know of another man who willing borrowed money (a very large sum) from his wife’s family. Later he divorced his wife and left his family. Did he honorably take his half of the debt? No. He hid behind the law and said the wife couldn’t prove the debt was a loan. He chose to leave his wife to raise their children and pay back the large debt to her family. This man will tell you he is honorable because he hasn’t broken the law. He often plays a leadership role in his chosen fellowship.
I know of another man who faithfully attends church and faithfully massages his company books. He would lay himself off in the wintertime to collect unemployment and then still come to work and collect pay under the table.
What angers me the most is that these types of men seem to exist in some kind of camouflage. Good people that surround them are deceived into thinking that they are men of character. HOW?
Here is my problem – I have an almost overwhelming instinct to call bullshit. I don’t want good people deceived. I want to tell the truth about what they are… but the truth makes me feel icky. The flip side of this coin is that I want as little to do with these type of people as possible. I don’t even want to think about these people. They cause my soul deep unrest and agitation.
So I need to let my anger at their lack of character dissipate and allow God to deal with their shortcomings as He will. I know you can’t fool Him. I know He sees my imperfections (at least I claim them!) and I know He will deal with the blackness in heart of the integrity as He sees fit.
It is past time for me to give these people to God. I can continue to be disgusted by their double standard and the hypocrisy that allows them to look in the mirror – however, I need to stop allowing them the power to make me so angry. This world and all the stuff in it is temporary. The things that matter – the things that deserve my attention are not these broken and arrogant excuses for believers.
And so I let them go… I hold out little hope for these types of believers to step out from behind the legalism that binds them. They cannot “see” that the right thing and the legal thing often do not match. This day I chose to let God deal with them and I take back that part of my heart that seeks balance where there is none. I will acknowledge them for what they are and cease to let their lack of integrity cause me turmoil. God they are all yours.
If you have these kind of issues plaguing your soul – join me in letting God take it back. He is big enough to care for me and my girls… He is definitely big enough to deal with these kind of discrepancies. 🙂 My soul already feels lighter!
I love this post. Great timing, too. I also struggle with the injustice of evildoers
just doing their thing with seemingly no repercussions. God is forever telling me to trust Him, let it go, don’t try to fix it yourself. God’s way of handling things is always far better than mine and His justice is perfect.
It’s hard, sometimes it looks as if the bad guys just prosper and the good guys just get passed over. One of my favorite books in the bible is Job. Job is actually one of God’s favorites, chosen to endure all these difficulties because he is righteous. It’s a different way of looking at things, different from the world’s perspective anyway, but just because people seem to be in positions of leadership and success, doesn’t mean they have God’s favor or approval. They may have the world’s approval but that’s a different thing altogether.