Anonymous Strikes Again!

I've had a quote stickied to my monitor since I discovered it awhile ago. It came from the mouth of that famous author, Anonymous (I think he lived back in the days when we called people by one name, like Aristotle, Plato, Cher and "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince-" O wait- that's more than one name).

Truth is not always popular, but it is always right.

Another famous person asked Jesus the question: "What is truth?" The more I think about what truth is, the deeper I get into frustration. One thing I know- one day we will all stand before God and know the truth. We will know many great truths of eternity as well as who it was that repeatedly stole just one of your socks from the dryer.

I get frustrated, because truth is a non-negotiable, but it is still negotiated. People believe truth to be what they want it to be. We distort facts, add a bit of wishful thinking, sprinkle in a bit of poor logic and come up with something we call truth, but is often the very opposite. But worse than that, we then base our lives on this self-made shaky foundation!

"Jesus is Lord." This is truth, but there are people who refuse to believe it. While most people believe there are angels and fallen angels, they refuse to believe there are demons (the more common name we call fallen angels). Or at least they refuse to believe demons bother us. People join The Salvation Army to fight the "good fight" against Satan and sin, yet there are those who refuse to believe in "Spiritual Warfare." I could go on and one here . . .

I think people choose to believe certain things because 1) if we change our beliefs, it would show we've been wrong for some time, 2) if we change our beliefs, that would mean we'd have to change our actions [heaven forbid!], 3) we've been taught to believe certain things and, well, "so and so" just couldn't have been wrong! and 4) we're just too stubborn.

Too bad. I'd rather be proven wrong and learn the truth than hold onto my cherished falsehoods. Today we may be able to live with the lies, but some day we will not. Being wrong for eternity gives you no time to learn the truth.

BLESSING:
May God give you the grace to seek truth and desire it deep within your spirit. May you gain the humility to let go of your cherished falsehoods when you discover that truth. May you be set free by knowing Jesus as The Truth.