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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
“This is what the Lord says to His
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of. I, the Lord, speak the
truth; I declare what is right.”
Isaiah 45:1a,
19b
This ends this
reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
Have you ever been deceived by
someone you trusted?
Unfortunately, it happens all the
time and I don’t believe we ever get used to being lied to. It seems to hurt more
and more every time it occurs and in its worst case form, we even come to a
point where we just refuse to believe anything someone says after experiencing repeated
falsehoods.
In the end translation, I think we
all are looking for a sense of confidence that we can always believe in someone
as being undeniably honest and true in all that they say. Therein is the
challenge for us in life, for there is no one who is infallible, no one who is
not prone to sin and all the wickedness it can manifest in us to include lying.
This is why we need the Lord, the
only One who is perfect in every way, the only One who always speaks truth. He
told us as much. Look at today’s key verse from Isaiah 45:
“I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.”
We have heard the Lord speaking to
us through His word over the last fifteen devotions as He has given us
assurances about who He is and what He is doing, has done, and is yet to do.
There is no need to question or doubt anything He has said to us through this
series or anywhere else in His word or through the power of His Holy Spirit because
the Lord speaks the truth and declares what is right. Not just some of the
time, but all of it. When you think of truth, you need to think of the Lord and
seek His guidance in all things.
You see, this is the way we can
prevent falling prey to deception and dishonesty. Human beings can be very
convincing and persuasive in the things they say, particularly when they are
weaving a web of mistruths. Don’t ever underestimate the cunning and guile of
Satan, our enemy and if you doubt it, just go back to Matthew, Chapter 4 and
watch him try and mislead Jesus into sin. And while you’re there, pay close
attention to how Jesus fights off Satan’s lies. He does so by using the words
of the Lord, the words that always bring truth.
Friends, through the word of the
Lord and the honest direction of the Holy Spirit, we can always validate
anything someone is trying to convince us to believe. I welcome all to do this
with anything you hear or read to include all of the devotions I write because
I want you to know that the words I share are words of truth. I commune closely
with the Lord via the Holy Spirit to make sure this happens.
Know and trust that when we use the
baseline of perfect truth we have in the Lord, the things we are being led to
believe will either align if they are true or be skewed badly if they are
false. The Lord has promised us that everything done in the dark will be
brought to light and that definitely includes any deceptions we encounter.
Won’t you give thanks with me today
that we serve a Lord of truth who we can always trust. In Him and Him alone do
we find perfect righteousness.
We know because He told us so.
Amen.
In
Christ,
Mark
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