John 8:32

“’And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.’”

                When I hear the word truth I think of a lot of things; Of people back home who say that truth is relative (which, by the way, is an oxymoron – because if that statement is true, then that too is relative); Of a common question in people’s minds – one that looks like a deep question outwardly but is easily answered. Pilate asked it:

“Pilate therefore said to Him, ‘Are you a king then?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.’ Pilate said to Him, ‘What is truth?’ And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, ‘I find no fault in Him at all.’”-John 18:38 (NKJV emphasis added)

                The answer is simple:

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life.’”-John 14:6a

                Jesus is the truth. We don’t have to look any farther than Jesus for it. Perhaps Pilate found his answer as he walked away from Jesus, and turned to the crowd and said he found no fault in him.

                Perhaps you’ve played the game “Two Truths and a Lie”. One person will state three things about themselves and everyone else will try to determine which is the lie of the three. It can be a hard game if you don’t know the person who is talking about themselves very well, but if you know the person – it’s quite easy to determine the lie from the other two.

                This is how we should be. If we want to know the truth – if we want to be set free – we should know THE TRUTH. We should know Jesus over anything else.

                We, too, should easily determine the truth from the false; the lies of the devil from the truth of Jesus. In order to do this, we need to know what sort of things are in the truth. There are no gray areas with God.

                Today I will spend my On the Mount time focusing on the truth of God that there are no gray areas (especially in the areas I’m struggling in), and that I believe that what God is showing me is real.