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I filed a response to the lawsuit, which basically rationalized why I

shouldn’t have to pay. It is easy to create a laundry list of reasons when we do not want to recognize the true reality of any given situation. In part, the job of lawyers is to help both parties recognize the truth of the situation.

Part of my reasoning with God included beseeching Him for the resources to simply settle this lawsuit. Settling would prevent further crisis for the small technology company that I am managing. God did provide a settlement to the issue. God also provided the financial resources to pay for

the settlement. However, all of this took place after God showed me the depths of the rationalization that was possible from man. It was after I understood God’s message that I got spiritual relief.

Why did I suffer so much anguish? I suffered because I desire to walk

with God every day. In every waking hour of my life I am talking and dialoging with God. My heart desires to always be in God’s presence and until you have entered into the Holy of Holies [God’s presence], you cannot even imagine the joy that is located there. I knew that my rationalization

was the opposite of the truth. I suffered because I knew that when I was busy with rationalizing that I could not be with God. God did not allow me to move on until I understood the issue so I could write this chapter. If you are engaged in rationalization, God confronts you with His commandment to

“not bear false witness.” Isn’t that the gist of what rationalization is really all about? Yes, rationalization is about denials, lies, half-truths, colored statements and ultimately the resultant act of bearing false witness.

“When the rationalization of your mind yields to the truth of God’s Holy Word, you will find yourself talking with God!” The Apostle Edward

“You Shall Not Bear False Witness!”

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