FACE VALUE: More Than Meets The Eye!

FACE VALUE: More Than Meets The Eye!: photo courtesy of “Face Value” new works by Kamea Hadar   What does “to take someone at face value” mean?  Taking someone at face val...

More Than Meets The Eye!

photo courtesy of “Face Value” new works by Kamea Hadar

 

What does “to take someone at face value” mean?  Taking someone at face value means to believe what is being said without looking for deeper meanings or hidden agendas.  To take something or someone at face value is the believe that what the person is saying is truth and rather than looking for the hidden meaning it's not understanding the bigger picture or motive behind what the person is actually saying. Sometimes when we feel comfortable with individuals or are trusting of another person, taking their word is part of the norm.  When you allow a person into your "space" i.e. your environment, your personal place, you have allowed access to your safe emotional places, you tend to be less guarded.  It usually begins within a place of trust for one and can be mutual on the part of another.  However, it can be a place of wicked opportunity to one and remain a place of trust for the other.  Have you noticed that when a relationship, rather business or personal, turns sour, oftentimes there is a very big seat of betrayal lying around somewhere.  One party has decided that, the area of access is at a place where they are get something for themselves, without consideration for the other person or persons.  There is a lot to be said about taking anything or anyone "at face value".  I am of the mindset, "trust no man before it's time".  People should have to "earn" a place of trust.  Please understand, I am writing from a place of experience not paranoia.  People with impure, ill-willed motives arrive to many of us wear two faces or a mask.  If you are a genuine person, who endeavors to live a pure, clean un-polluted conscious, you tend to take things and people at face-value.  Yes, you do.  You tend to believe that the average person's heart (initially) is good like yours, and they have good intentions.   You may not even check them or the things they say out to "validate" what they say or check their pattern of movements or behaviors.  Do you check out what others are saying?  Are their broken things all in the path behind them, where they have been careless with relationships, handling of business or personal affairs.  Do you every consider their level of accountability?  There has to a higher level of accountability to the trust we are lending to some people we give access to.  I am of the mindset to check EVERYTHING out.  If you said you did this or did that, there out to be some validity to what you say.  A track record should be proven.  Are we doing our "DUE DILIGENCE", or are we just taking people at "face value"?  Let's look at what the scriptures say about this.  If you read Prov. 14:15  The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his goings.  I John 4:1, Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because may false prophets are gone into the world.  Anyone wishing access to me and in my life, I must needs go to God and ask Him to show me that person's heart and the intents of their hearts.  The words from their mouths may be sweet as honey flowing from their lips, but what good is honey if it's heated up from a jaded, bitter, jealous, envious heart.  Melted honey is not good.  Is there more than what meets the eye?  Are you seeing everything?  If you let a person talk more while you listen, without you doing any leading of the conversation, EVENTUALLY they will talk out.  Luke 6:45 says that a good man, out of the good that he has in his heart, will bring good things, and an evil man with am evil heart, will bring evil things. But when they talk (if you just listen) out of the abundance of whatever is in his/her heart, their mouth will being to speak.  Bet you didn't know that you heart has a voice, it talks every time we speak.  Each of us must do our work; we have to stop allowing great access to who we are by taking things and people at face value, just because "they seem nice". 

Anyone with access to you, must EARN it.  Aren't you worth that investment.  There is always, always, always MORE than what meets the eye about EVERYONE you encounter.  STOP! and take the time to know what the more is, you may be pleasantly surprise or horrified that you came this close to being involved or connected with the WRONG person or thing!  Do the work, gain the knowledge and wait until truth has opportunity to be revealed.