“May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 NIV
It's that time of year. When all the politicians open their mouths and words come out. It's hard to know who is speaking truth and who is just speaking. I struggle with trust. Especially trusting the words that come out of the mouths of other people. My life experiences have led me to this place and it's a big part of why I don't spend a lot of social time with people.
Now, I'm not saying I have always and do always speak in perfect truth. I try very hard to not say what I don't believe to be true and even harder not to make promises I can't keep. I was brought up believing that your words (promises) meant something and spoke to your character as a person.
In our society today truth has become very skewed. Words and actions don't match up and it leads to a distinct lack of trust and makes it very hard to believe in people.
My current Bible Study is the Armor of God by Priscilla Shirer. It is an in depth look at the armor described in Epehsians 6. The very first piece that we are called to put on is the belt of truth. As Christians our truth is based on God's word. Lately I've been overwhelmed with the need to dig deeper into the word to allow the Holy Spirit to reveal truth. We have to have a standard to judge truth with. Not a religion or what someone believes about something but the actual truth. Our world today is so confusing an often terrifying and the future seems very overwhelming.
When looking for truth I can only look at
God's word and allow the Spirit to reveal what He wants me to understand and then use that to see what God has actually done in my life to make that truth real. That is how I can stand in the face of untruths and determine what I believe and I have to do that for myself. No one can do that for me and I can't do it for anyone else. I can speak to what is true for me but I can't make others believe it. Each of us has to seek the truth individually and cautiously.
Satan loves to twist the truth. When we think we have something figured out and believe it to be true that's when satan comes along and turns it just a little to make us question and doubt.
Put on the armor - gird and support your core with God's word. Then all the other armor has something to support it and we can stand against the schemes of satan who seeks to keep us confused.
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,”
Ephesians 6:14 NIV
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