Truth

Seventy three times Jesus said, "I tell you the truth". Truth is important to Jesus and should be important to us as well. What is truth? Truth is an indisputable fact. Jesus is truth and He speaks and walks in truth.

The world needs a church that stands on the truth that it is only through Christ one can be saved.
The church needs to be convinced:
- God's Word is true.
- Of the purpose and power of God's Word. I Timothy 7:4-
Not only must we convinced of truth, we need to be clear and creative in presenting it, and careful not to compromise it.

Psalms 24:4-5 - "⁴ Show me your ways, LORD,  teach me your paths. ⁵ Guide me in your truth and teach me,  for you are God my Savior,  and my hope is in you all day long"

God is the source of truth and the one who is able to instruct and guide us in all truth.

The Goverment is on His Shoulders

Isaiah 9:6-7

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.”

 

How often I have heard this verse and read it. Yet, it is amazing how God shows you new things. What struck me this time in reading this verse is that "the government shall be upon his shoulders." This is a comforting and reassuring thought. It is not on my shoulders. It is not for me to make it happen. I am not in charge. As ministers of God this takes a lot of pressure off of us. So often, we try to carry the burdens of ministry on our own. We think it is dependent on us for success or failure. The only thing God requires of us is to have faith in Him and obey him. The rest of what follows is up to Him. The kingdom is in His hands, and it is in good hands. My prayer Lord is to help us rest in your wisdom, might and peace. 

Spirit of Truth

John 16:7, 13-15

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you….When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.”

 

I have said for years that since Satan has been unable to destroy the truth, he decided to bury the truth in a flood of information. We live in that day of misinformation when we often cannot tell what is true and what is error. Our minds and lives are often cluttered with so many bites of trivial information that we don’t have time for that which is most important. The tyranny of the urgent drowns out what is most essential in our lives.

 

We are in need of the Holy Spirit like never before. Jesus told His disciples that He had to go away so that He could send the Holy Spirit. Jesus is in heaven at the right hand of God making intercession for us, but the Holy Spirit is the one here on earth who dwells within us. Jesus calls Him the Helper, the Paraclete, the one who comes along side us and works on our behalf.

 

Who do your turn to for help on a day to day, minute-by-minute basis? I have a friend of mine that likes to say that the Holy Spirit is a genius. He is a genius in marriage, family, ministry, business, finances, health and anything else that you are involved in or are challenged by. He can be instantly accessed at any moment or in any situation. He is not limited by geographical, political, economical or cultural limitations. We can become proficient at accessing the recourses of the internet, but how proficient are we at accessing the Holy Spirit? Romans 8:14 says, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” The Holy Spirit is our source of identity in this world. Without Him we are like everyone else around us functioning in the blindness of our limitations.

 

Jesus goes on to say that through the Holy Spirit we have access to everything that is His, and He has full access to the Father. So, by the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ we have access to everything that is God’s. In the midst of an age of relativity, He will lead us into all truth because He leads us to Jesus, “the truth, the way and the life.” There is no one else like Him, the beginning and the end, the bread of life, the light of the world, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. In the midst of the chaos and uncertainty of our times, we need to tune in and yield to the Holy Spirit as never before to bring order and peace into our lives and our world. Shut out the clutter of life and take time to hear His still quiet voice in your life today.