The truth shall make you free...

Father, your creation declares your greatness and lovingkindness, encouraging statements of pure truth in our daily walk... At the end of the day, it's extremely difficult to live our lives in the truth; to do and to say only things that are truth-based. Truth be known, it takes an extremely disciplined follower of Christ to survive with truth at the forefront of all we say and do in a world that encourages us and prompts us to continually be deceptively selfish in every way imaginable. To navigate the truth continuum is to be Christlike in our words and deeds, and this is always a daunting task! In fact, it wasn't meant to be easy for Jesus said, "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) We have tribulation when we fail to tell the truth, and even when we suck it up and do tell the truth, there's often even more trials and tribulations awaiting us around every corner of this life. There's a common denominator here; TRUTH is truth, but when Satan is involved, the father of lies will always distort the truth to his benefit and to our demise. But Jesus set us straight on the matter when He said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32) Let us focus on truth as we combat Satan's lies, confidently knowing Jesus is interactively leading us to the truth that sets us free, free at last… Thank you, Jesus, for showing us that you are the way, the truth, and the life; THE answer for those committed to seeking the truth in all things!