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will walk in your truth,” prayed David (Psa 86:11). If
a man of the Old Testament was keen on walking the
path of truth, how much more should we, who are
blessed with the Spirit of truth who indwells us! (Jn
14:17). Let us take one small proactive step at a time
and move towards truth. Like ripples in a pond, it will
spread to our family, then our office, city, country and
the entire world. I believe one person can make a
difference.
Why is it so hard for us to hold on to truth?
Walking in the truth demands openness. It means we
stand in an illuminated area where anyone can see
what we are doing. It means there is nothing fishy
about us, nothing questionable, nothing dark or evil.
Bad people do their deeds in darkness, out of sight of
people, hidden, like the robbers with masks we see in
the CCTV cameras. “Everyone practicing evil hates
the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds
should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes
to the light that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they
have been done in God,” said Jesus (Jn 3:20,21). When
caught, booked and brought before the TV camera, the
wicked turn their faces away or cover their faces with a
towel. They had forfeited invaluable honesty for a
pittance. Are we ready to walk into the full glare of the
limelight to expose our deeds? Will we cheerfully let
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are inside and out? “Reputation is what men and
women think of us. Character is what God and angels
know of us” said Thomas Paine.
We may claim to have repented and proclaim that
we know God. But unless we walk by His
commandments we are liars and the truth is not in us.
Our life must match our words (1Jn 2:4). The devil is a
trickster and a sly liar totally opposed to truth. “He was
a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in
the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is
a liar and the father of it” (Jn 8:44). That is why we
should be extremely careful not to be sidetracked from
the truth believing his lie.
Today even those who have stood for the truth
with their shoulders straight have been knocked off
their perch by false teachers because of whom the way
of truth is blasphemed (2 Pet 2:1,2). If we are brazenly
dishonest after we have received the knowledge of the
truth, we have to face judgment (Heb 10:26).
The Power of truth is awesome. “As He spoke
these words, many believed in Him” (Jn 8:30). People,
as they were listening to Him got converted! Jesus
addressed those who had believed on him saying, “If
you hold to My teaching, you are really My disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set
you free” (vv 31,32). The knowledge of truth dawns
gradually. Till then we have to simply, cling to His
teachings. Then we start understanding the truth.
When we are illumed, we will be liberated from our
bondages, sin, false beliefs and teachings, fear, etc.,
step by step. The Spirit of truth will take us by the hand
and guide us into all truth (Jn 16:13).
Freedom Through Truth: This is the freedom
Paul talks about in Galatians 2:4. He rambles about
how Titus, though a Greek was not compelled to be
circumcised to avoid ethnic tensions. Paul's conviction
was: Live and obey and love and believe right where
you are and how you are. “Was a man uncircumcised
when he was called? He should not be circumcised.
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