Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Psalm 25:5
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. Psalm 86:11
How often do you believe only what you think is the truth?
How do you know it’s true?
What if it’s only partial truth? Or actually a complete lie?
Here’s an example. The Israel/Palestinian conflict is generations old.
Long-held beliefs passed down within families.
Each side seems justified in their own minds.
But what is their focus? Peace or war?
How do they teach their children to live among their enemies? Love or hate?
Recently, Hamas surprised innocent Israelis, killing civilians, capturing others as hostages.
Most shockingly, babies were found murdered, some with heads and some without.
Many people were required to witness the carnage. It’s almost unbelievable this level of evil exists.
The witnesses were there for one reason: to testify what they saw.
It’s what Allied troops did when liberating concentration camps in WW2.
Witnesses were necessary as people wouldn’t have believed it otherwise. How could they when one couldn’t imagine such evil?
And some don’t, still to this day, believe the holocaust existed.
They want to believe their own narrative instead.
Thinking about the recently murdered Israeli babies, there are protestors who deny this happened.
Say it’s propaganda.
They believe what they want instead
To keep the hate going.
What truth do you refuse to see in your own life?
What addiction, habit, or attitude do you regularly engage in that seeks to block you from seeing God’s truth?
What lies do you believe in your mind about your true identity in Christ?
What lie wraps you in fear, disabling your ability to see the truth?
Evil is real. Satan is real.
And both want to destroy you, the people you love, and any hope of peace in this world.
Oh God, let us see Your truth.
Let us humble ourselves under Your authority in our lives.
May we humbly see the errors of our ways, wanting instead for You to make known Your perfect way, which leads us in Your truth.
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Amy Linnea 
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