Satan will do his best to discourage you and make you doubt your salvation by reminding you of the sights, sounds & smells during “missing the mark” debauchery incidents (from Eph 5:15-20, thanks Travis!) when your conscience did Recognize God’s Revealed Truths , But You Catastrophically Ignored Them Anyway? If you’ve been forgiven and are now walking in faith, you were extended more of His Truths, namely, Grace & Mercy! Thank you Jesus Messiah!
[My Word] will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said in his Nobel Prize acceptance address, “One word of truth outweighs the entire world.” What did he mean? That the truth is bigger than we are. Just as the Berlin Wall finally toppled, the weight of all the world’s lies can be toppled by a single truth.
First, we must distinguish God’s truth from man’s truth, though at times, some persons consider them to intersect. For example, consider God’s truth expressed as His gracious gift of righteousness to us from our scandal ridden ash heaps, before we embraced the truth of His loving forgiveness. And, just think how many other examples there have been since the Berlin Wall, where a single truth topples the world’s lies and it begins a domino effect, be it in personal lives or national governments, or hopefully, both?
God’s truth resonates in the human heart. People may resist it, yet it’s the truth they need, for it’s His truth that sets them free.
We should let our feelings – real as they are – point to our need to let the truth of God’s words guide our thinking. THE PATHS TO OUR HEARTS TRAVEL THROUGH OUR MINDS. Truth always matters.
BOTTOM LINE:
“Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.” Blaise Pascal. Well said Blaise! May all our souls so be divinely enlarged!
Truth: A Bigger View of God’s Word, Randy Alcorn, 2017, Pg 69 Harvest House.
FOR FURTHER PERSPECTIVE: Fore & Aft…
Isaiah 55:9-12 (MSG)
“For as the sky soars high above earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.
Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry,
So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. They’ll do the work I sent them to do, they’ll complete the assignment I gave them.“So you’ll go out in joy, you’ll be led into a whole and complete life.”
I really appreciate this song. I hope it plays for you. Attaching music is new for me.
And I know your love’s dimension is beyond my comprehension, But this is my heart’s intention to serve you til I die, Oh, I know I can’t repay you with the things I may say or do, But I still want to obey you because your love is always so true.