In an attempt to make shorter posts…cause I’m always so worried I lose people with my blah blah blah...I left out *THE* most important point in my previous post about Truth. It hit me last night and it has consumed me ever since…so I had to come declare it now.
The absolute key in searching out the Truth…is that you must CHOOSE. TO. LOVE. IT.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 says “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”
You can search all the ding dang long day for Truth. But unless you choose to LOVE it…and thereby accepting it, it won’t matter.
Example: You can KNOW the truth that you are fearfully and wonderfully created in the image of God…but if you don’t LOVE that truth- then you’re going to struggle with self-esteem issues and “personality traits” that don’t line up with the Word of God. But if you CHOOSE to love the truth of that statement…then you’ll know and believe that the characteristics of God belong to you and are your characteristics. Therefore- if God is patient, then I am patient. If God is slow-to-anger, then I am slow-to anger. If God is creative, I am creative. If God cares about the details, then I care about the details. (ha! I have to choose to love the truth of that last statement a LOT-that’s why I threw it in!)
Sooooo, my dear friends…that’s all I needed to say for now. I just had to scream out the importance of choosing to love the Truth as you search for it.
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2 comments:
once again an important addition. This is exactly where I'm at right now, I've had apressing on me that its my responsibility to seek truth and guard against ignorance and emotionalism, but I've also found that some truths are not very convienent for me and would be easier to ignore but thats when I must make the CHOICE to love them.
Your words are life-giving, dont stop blogging xoxox
Jenn I love love this post! I am speaking to a group of kids from my parents church about truth and LOVING the whole truth and not just picking and choose what we like and creating our own mini GOD/idol. I might need to pick your brain a little more on the topic and gain from your wisdom. AND I also wanted to let you know I left you a comment on my post in your response to the bachelor!
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