Truth in its Best Attire « No Other Rock

Truth in its Best Attire

August 8, 2007 at 10:01 am | In Awake My Heart, Bible, Christian, Serving the Lord |

Speaking the truth in love . . . ~ Ephesians 4:15

Note: This post is for the July 21 devotion.

Here is why I will always run with my head down in shame when I sense a political or religious debate: ultimately, they turn into “I’m right and you’re wrong” circular discussions. In doing so, each party has closed themselves to any possibility of understanding.

This may seem a bit off, but in today’s devotion, it reverences “speaking” the truth. As Baxter points out, a better interpretation might say “holding” the truth and Paul’s actual word, “aletheuontes” literally means being the truth. In essence, we are to embody the truth.

But what is even more important, at least I think so anyway, is that regardless of the vehicle, it is all to be “in love.”

“…even evangelical truth can become the tool of narrow bigotry and petty hatreds and denominational animosities, if it is not held “in love.” See what I mean?

Today, I pray that you and I will embody truth and not represent the potential pitfalls of doing so.