It's an odd word. I've heard it used for years, it's certainly not a new term.
It is defined as.... "to obtain or achieve something by using shady behavior, manipulation, or deception; achieve by indirect, usually deceitful methods"
That's what the religious leaders did in John 8, and they used only one of two equally guilty people caught in the very act of adultery.
They used the woman to finagle a trap. (..musta been a neighborhood good ole' boy... he didn't get drug out into the street like she did...)
They had an agenda.....to discredit this Teacher who was gaining favor with the public, they intended to find something wrong with Him.
Finagle.
They would protect their agenda, keep their (un)holy huddle in tact, and not share the limelight with Him or anyone else. They would remain top dog.
Finagle.
Why is honesty so difficult for us? Why can't we just deal with each other as we are?
Why do we finagle?
What is so difficult about simply speaking plain and truthful? Truth in love....no better way. Certainly better than the best finagle.
One of the things that makes it so difficult for me is the hard truth that people don't handle truth. (...I'm hearing Jack Nicholson as he portrayed his character in A Few Good Men..)
People don't always handle the truth well. I often don't handle it well...but I want to be able to BE truthful with others, and I want THEM to handle MY truth.
I do want to be a big enough person to handle truth with no need of finagling.
Always.
