Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with fresh awareness:

“Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness?”
(2 Samuel 2:26)

Bitter.

That’s not how I want to end up, Jesus.
It’s not how I want anyone else to end up, either.

What kinds of temptations will I face…

that end in bitterness?

What if to

make my point
get my way
defend myself

I reveal something told to me in confidence?

That might do it.

What if in order to get out of a jam I lie about someone

hurting their reputation
misrepresenting them
destroying their trust in me?

That might do it, too.

What if I become so needy that I steal something

from a stranger
a family member
a neighbor
a friend?

Bitterness is exactly what they’d feel toward me.

But the worst bitterness of all would be the acid eating away my insides

lying there in the dark
knowing I had betrayed You.

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Leviticus 19:11; 1 Chronicles 12:17; Proverbs 16:10; Proverbs 25:9-10; Isaiah 16:3; Matthew 10:21; Matthew 24:9-10; Matthew 26:20-25; Luke 22:54-62; Revelation 21:8

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.