“You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32).
One of the things I say to our staff and our session is, “Truth is our friend. You cannot build a desirable future based on wishful thinking. You can only build a desirable future based on truth.”
Some of us are terribly out of shape. We can’t even jog fifty yards without getting out of breath. If that’s the case, it’s good to know that. And based on that truth we can put together a plan to building a better future where we are in better physical condition.
Some of us our spending is out of control. We keep buying things we don’t need. We have no ability to distinguish between those things we need and those things we would like to have. And, if that’s the case, it’s really good that we know that.
Some of us haven’t grown or matured in our faith since we came to know Jesus. We’ve been going to church and doing churchy things, but we are no closer to Jesus than we were when we first came to know Jesus. If that’s the case, it’s good that we come to terms with that so that we can make a plan to mature and grow up in the faith.
You see, the degree to which a person can grow is directly tied to the amount of truth we can accept about ourselves.
Truth is our friend. You cannot build a desirable future based on wishful thinking. You can only build it based on facts.
Praxis: Faith in Action 