By Olubunmi Adebayo
*I have a question for you today. What will you consider the most brave action of any man?*
*Situating the question under your context, may I tell you that the most brave action you can ever take as a man is not your ability to climb the tallest mountains in the land, though this can be quite heroic.*
*May I also say it is not your audacity to fight the most complicated warfare, though this will make any man a war hero.*
*It is not even being brave when people are watching you fighting a Pharaoh or a Herod, though this will make anyone a valiant soldier.*
*May I let you know that _it is your ability to stay decent when you are alone with your choices, when nobody would have known what you have indeed done with your power to choose._*
*The above is the greatest examination of INTEGRITY.*
*If you know what people do under the cover of “nobody sees me, or nobody is around”, you will marvel, and you will be ashamed of several men and women who are held in high esteem around.*
*Without any doubt, the pressure to succumb in such a situation around you will be great.*
*The carrot that will be presented to you will be tempting, but always remember : “Your greatest victory is your ability to stay decent when you are alone with your choices, when nobody would know what you have indeed done with your power to choose”.*
*When Joseph was so tested in the past, read what took place :*
*Genesis 39: [7] And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.*
*[8]But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;*
*[9]There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?*
*If you find yourself in the same case scenario like this, what will be your response?*
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©️ Olubunmi S Adebayo.
