Interaction by Truth - Jul 2017
We generally assume that we are always doing well , at the situation we are in. Especially if we are doing well in our physical world. Anything or any person slightly different from our state is considered as an extreme. We assume that there is no need of change in this situation as long as everything in physical is going fine. We believe that we are in a stable state , so we are doing good. We see that , this is the reality of this moment . There is no need for me to change or move from this stable state . But the truth of the situation is that ,God decides in which state you have to be in . Many a times it differs from the reality of our comfort zone . The disciples were so comfortable in their physical , getting back to the fishing business after Jesus was risen. That’s when Jesus said.., John 21 :18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” We do not know , how God’s name would be glorified in the way he decides to take us, in the current moment. It’s the pride of life & lust of the flesh which convinces us ,this stability of the current moment. It makes us blind to the reality of God and his thoughts. It convinces that the denied fruit in the Garden is what you need to aim for. It doesn’t even include or accommodate the thought of a 3rd person, unless it matches with ours. It’s the spirit of Lies . “Truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”- Winston Churchill. Be rest assured ,you will not find many to support you with the truth. The spirit man is not satisfied with the current state, because he empties himself, so as to receive more in the spirit . Philip 3:13-14,“Brothers, I do not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward.” Jesus said, " Blessed are the poor in spirit " ,also means that we’re never satisfied with our spiritual condition. Whereas when we live in pride or lust , we become lukewarm, confident about the flesh state and lose the grace to hear from the Holy spirit .
When we interact with others , we always try to subside thoughts & revelations from the Spirit of truth , the Holy spirit . I noticed 2 ladies were talking about their long lost mother , who had passed away at least 3 or 4 decades away. One was convincing and solacing herself with the other that our mother was in heaven , since she had not done many sins. We understand that we have a Holy God and He is sinless. The reason for this kind of interactions are sometimes out of our sweet memories, love and concerns for the deceased. It is also to find a bonding and solace in accepting the same fact discussed upon, in the current interaction . Many a times we stick to our own yardsticks or our own truths to adjust to the circumstance. We may find a temporary soothing, but we miss the fact that we ourselves will believe in this false truth subconsciously. Unknowingly it becomes a part of our attitude and outlook. We use this truth in our subconscious mind to interpret situations & people. The eventual effect will be hurt , pain ,anxiety and remorse. No fruits are produced from falsified truths. Fruits are produced only through an interaction of truth. James 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
Imagine if a falsified truth was discussed about a living person. If someone was placing a lie or a false witness about us .How would that lie be affecting us in the first place. Our Joy in the first place becomes incomplete. We get hurt and betrayed. A feeling of disunity would follow. We feel the person is a cheat & a liar . A kind of separation takes place. The liar takes a negative place in our heart . We know that the liar doesn’t carry any word of truth in himself.
Many a times, our falsified truths which we share with others turn out to be as a Lie for God. Imagine when God confronts this lie from us, what would be His thoughts about it . We lose fellowship with God, when we compromise God’s truth with our own truth. If we claim to be without sin ,like in the interaction of the 2 ladies about their mother , we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we say that we are not sinners, in short we are saying God is a Liar.
1 John 1: 4 We write this to make our joy complete. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
To make our joy complete not just for the moment of interaction , but forever, there is a need to speak from the truth of God’s word. There is need for God’s word to remain in us and to be used in our interaction. This is what we mean by walking in light . When we interact with others through the truth in His word by the aid of the Holy Spirit , we walk in Light. Our joy will be completed.
Past few days , I went to buy a roll of double sided scotch tape since I couldn’t find one at home. I had to walk a long mile to buy it. On the way back , due to the long walk , i decided to catch a public transport just to reach the next stop. Mid way , as I was taking money from my trousers, I saw the scotch tape literally rolling away from my pocket to the open door of the bus and it started rolling across the road . I saw the tape just at the edge of the road ,my last glimpse. As the bus was slowing down at one particular area, I managed to jump out and started walking back to the spot where I saw it last. To my relief, it was still there waiting for me to pick it. This small episode provoked a thought in me . In the walk of our life, we try to accelerate at times in the flesh for self gratification, on the way we may lose some of our spiritual values which rolls away from us, which we couldn’t keep up due to the focus on our flesh. And we see it, rolling away from us with clear sight .But God waits like the father of the prodigal son ,guarding those valued gifts, waiting for us, to walk back to him and gather those spiritual values, we once threw away. God is longing for us to walk back to him to pick up those values , like a double sided scotch tape which can bind on to 2 surfaces . The values which God gave us in our spirit helping us to bind on to God and other fellow human beings. Nothing is lost in the spirit , we can always collect back those values to make our joy complete.