So…you’ve seen it right? You’ve looked outside, turned on the news, read the tweets, skimmed the articles, you’ve been around enough to know. You’ve heard those convos at work, avoided others over holiday family meals. You can’t get around it anymore. It’s just time to admit it. This world is straight-up nuts.
Why deny it anymore? It’s pretty obvious. Tax reform bills that call for -more- spending than ever before and don’t actually reform anything in a way that people would call positive reform. People on video, recorded audio, and other pretty undeniable means who simply and plainly state that they didn’t say those things & if they did, that’s not what they meant by them…and no one bats an eye anymore.
It’s almost like lies are accepted as truth and the truth no longer has any basis for our western society.
As Christians, this isn’t surprising. We shouldn’t be shocked by this, it’s no secret. The world is broken and they have exchanged the truth for a lie. Scripture plainly states that this will happen. Check it out:
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.”
Romans 1:18-19
“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.”
Romans 1:24-25 ESV
“Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.”
Isaiah 59:14-15 ESV
“Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity.”
Jeremiah 9:5 ESV
And there are plenty more where that came from. Truth always finds resistance. Truth consistently draws the ire of free will. Truth is a reminder of impending judgement. Truth carries the weight of personal, individual accountability. That’s rarely a popular point of conversation.
But liking or not liking truth holds no bearing on the looming reality it brings. Truth will be heard. Our sins will find us out. The news is our daily reminder of this reality. This news that careens through our daily head-space is our reminder of the brokenness that truth exposes.
A broken world produces broken results.
Truth makes those cracks and fractures stand out like a laser line in a pitch black room. It highlights the recurring insanity and draws our hearts and minds into a longing for that brokenness to be repaired.
Truth alone can produce a result that is truly whole.
Seek truth. In the midst of the crazy, seek truth.
“Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof, therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them; but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”
In the midst of a crazy, broken world, seek truth.
Seek God. Truth belongs to Him.
Seek Jesus. He is the truth of God made flesh.
Seek the Holy Spirit. He is our guide in truth every day.
Seek your rhythm in truth. Seek your rhythm in Him. In this, we can find secure footing while everything else collapses around us.
Peace.
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