Does Truth Matter?

 Let's look at the answer to this question from God’s Word.  The Psalmist says is verse one of chapter fifty-seven, "For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds."  Truth, in God's economy, is beyond our comprehension in magnitude, to be sure.
     Our response?  It should be as the Psalmist's, which is two-fold.  First, "Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name” (86:11).  Second, "Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth” (115:1).  We should plead with God to teach us His way, so that we would walk in truth.  Knowing God's way results in us seeing the path of truth lighted, namely by His word.   Why should this be our desire, our passion?  So that His glory will be more clearly and brightly displayed through our lives.
     What is God's response?  "The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth” (Ps. 145:18).  As we pray and receive and meditate and walk in the truth, our Sovereign Lord reveals Himself walking close beside us.  This does not mean the way is always easy, but that the way is right, because it is in the truth.
     Lord Jesus, may we know your way of truth, and give us the strength to walk in it.  We pray that unto you, not us, be glory forevermore.  Amen.

The Depths of His Love

     Paul, in his wonderful letter of Romans writes, "You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly" (5:6).  The measure of God's love through Jesus Christ is beyond all human comprehension.  In our state of total powerlessness, Christ Jesus demonstrated His love for us by becoming obedient unto death, even death on a cross.  When we could not and would not go to Him, He came to us. Christ comes and pays the penalty for the sins of all who would ever believe in Him and bears the wrath of God as if we were on that tree.  What a Savior!
     When a person comes to this saving knowledge and submits his or her life by faith in Christ, they are plunged beneath "that cleansing flood and lose all their guilty stains".  That is the power of the cross!  We are justified, clothed with the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ.  We come before the God of the Universe, the Almighty, in right standing.  We do not have to say anything in our defense, for Jesus has already said and done all that is needed, all on our behalf.
     Therefore, as we live our lives now in time and later in eternity our song is and shall always be, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" (Rev. 5:12).