I was reading Psalm 117, and was caught by the word used for “truth” in verse 2, “The truth of the Lord endures forever.” “Emet” is also the word used for “faithfulness,” “reliability,” and “trustworthiness.” They’re all the same, interchangeable.
Often when we say “truth,” we mean our doctrinal interpretation, for which we’ll sacrifice relationships to maintain. But when God says “Truth,” He means Himself. “Faithful, reliable, and trustworthy” are describing who He is for you. His truth focuses on building relationships, rather than establishing litmus tests for them.
Jesus is literally the way, the truth, and the life. He never leaves you, and never abandons you. His faithfulness towards you means you don’t just learn about truth, but experience Him as Truth as you walk with Him.
For example, you can read about the concept of love, establish rules and doctrines about it, and create whole ministries based on it. But if you don’t know Him personally as faithful, reliable, and trustworthy in the private rooms of your heart, when tragedy occurs, truth will often get sacrificed on an altar of bitterness.
This past Sunday, we were honored to hear person after person describe the unique ways that God is faithful, reliable, and trustworthy, when all you have left are memories of your home. All of them lost every material thing they owned, but the love they were experiencing with God, and sharing with us, was helping everyone look beyond the truth of circumstances, and see the Truth of who God wants to be for us through them.
There’s a life–transforming difference between knowing what’s true and fully living it. Today is a perfect day for you to fully live.
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