The Whole truth and Nothing but the Truth
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. John 17:17
It has been a wonderful whirlwind of a weekend with lots of praise and worship, as well as a continuous rich word from great men of God. A word that provoked thought, while deeply penetrating your soul speaking to the natural man in order to bless the spiritual man if you were listening. So today, my heart is full of so many emotions; I am thankful, grateful, appreciative, enthusiastic, excited, and even more passionate about moving forward in that which God has purposed for me to do. My mind races as it meditates on the many nuggets of truths I received over the past few days. Although, it would be impossible to share them in one sitting, one thought continues to linger in my spirit and was confirmed once again and that is one of truth.
It has been a wonderful whirlwind of a weekend with lots of praise and worship, as well as a continuous rich word from great men of God. A word that provoked thought, while deeply penetrating your soul speaking to the natural man in order to bless the spiritual man if you were listening. So today, my heart is full of so many emotions; I am thankful, grateful, appreciative, enthusiastic, excited, and even more passionate about moving forward in that which God has purposed for me to do. My mind races as it meditates on the many nuggets of truths I received over the past few days. Although, it would be impossible to share them in one sitting, one thought continues to linger in my spirit and was confirmed once again and that is one of truth.
I live and have always lived on the premises of truth. I have been many things but I have always stood on honesty and sincerity, and without pretense because what you see today is what you’ll see tomorrow. I would not want it said of my life that I am insincere or that I exude deceptive behavior. Firmly, I believe in keeping it real and making it plain for real life application to everyone that I speak with because the word meets you where you are. My life is an open book. If I can’t tell you the truth about who I am and where God has brought me from or how He has kept me, how am I an effective disciple or effective witness? Better yet, where is the truth in that? How can I help anyone in this way if I am to busy trying to keep up the façade or a false appearance of who I want you to think I am as opposed to who I really am? Let’s just keep it real. We cannot bless others if we don’t confess that we’ve been through some things or experienced some things; been through some fiery trials and some violent storms. How can we truthfully say that I have been saved all my life and no evil have I done. Really? Where’s the truth in that? Well, I can only speak for me, I know my life was a mess and I needed saving and He stepped in on time and truth set me free!
John pens the words that Jesus spoke in this chapter. The time for Jesus to leave was drawing close so He starts off by praying to the Father for Himself and then His disciples and ending the prayer for all believers. He prays and tells His Father that He is thankful for those that He has given Him and entrusted to His care. He also lets Him know that the disciples, these ordinary men of the world that were taken had been given the opportunity to walk and live among the Word in order to bear witness of Him. They were now set apart and separated from the world. Not only had He taken them and taught and prepared them but and they received His words as well. He in turn ask His Father to sanctify them through the word so they could be set apart and carry on the work He had started. This word, revealed through Jesus (the Word) Himself, would be able to keep them as they go out into the world to share this truth after He had departure.
Just like the disciples, the Lord is trying to sanctify us with His word, his truth, because we are living in a time that we need to have an ear to hear what the spirit is saying to the church and make no mistake, I am not talking about the physical church but to those which are called the righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:20-21), the church that Christ is coming back for. He is speaking loudly and it is so imperative that we are listening so that we can respond accordingly and expeditiously. We have work to do because people are lost and need to hear the truth and we don’t have time to waste. We have to pull off whatever is hindering us from becoming all that God has called us to do and whatever is keeping us from ministering as we should. Bless someone with the truth so they can live and know about life eternal. No, everyone is not going to believe or receive you, but I guarantee you that if you just tell the truth about where God has brought you from and what He has done in your life and sanctify them with the word, you’ll make a connection because God said in Isaiah 55:11, "So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."
We have been afforded the opportunity to plant or water the seed, the scripture says, it’s God that gives the increase (I Cor 3:5-7). As believers, we have been sanctioned and commissioned to go out and tell the truth; the whole truth and nothing but the truth!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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