September 18

Truth stands on its own. Truth doesn’t require a defense or an applauding audience. Even if all who hear Truth reject Truth, Truth will still stand on the merit of its own essence. Jesus declared Himself to be Truth. If He who is God of very God is Truth, then Truth is immutable and undefeatable.

If we are to be victorious in life, it is essential that we discover Truth. The Lord said in John 8:32, “You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.” Men who are bound by sin or by deception cannot be victorious, for men who are in chains haven’t the power to fight for their freedom!

As long as sin holds us in its tentacles—whether the sin of lust for power or lust for wealth or lust for pleasure—we shall be unable to embrace the Truth that sets us free. As long as we indulge “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, or the pride of life” (I John 2:16), we shall be unable to overcome the deception that holds us captive to its pleasure or its promise of reward.

But when we glimpse Truth, realize that there is a hell to avoid and a heaven to gain, when we recognize the Savior who extends to us the life-line of salvation, that Truth shall set us free to hold fast to the knowledge that illumines our dark eyes and recalibrates the gage that measures our values and establishes our goals. We shall stand secure forever on the Truth that stands eternally!