Truth
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 51:6
So much of modern life is lived for appearances—for likes, followers, and sound bites. It becomes easy to gravitate toward managing our reputation rather than learning to “possess our soul.” When the immediate takes precedence over the prudent, we major on minor things and grow lopsided.
Yet Scripture reveals that God is not primarily concerned with outward performance. He desires truth in the inward parts — a life aligned with Him from the inside out. This truth is not shaped by culture or consensus, but by God Himself.
God's Word Transforms
God still calls His children through the Holy Spirit and through His word in the Bible. Within the pages of the Scripture, we find nurture, admonition, reproof, warning, wisdom, truth, promises, and so much more! At first glance, it can seem antiquated, as if it were a sacred text speaking only to a bygone era. A deeper study, however, reveals its greater mysteries for personal wisdom, cultural discernment, and the life-transforming power of the glory of God for souls and society.
Our Hidden Part
In Psalms 51, King David - who had risen from obscurity to become King of all Israel - came face to face with the hidden truth about himself. After committing adultery and arranging for Uriah’s murder, David believed he had solved the problem of Bathsheba’s pregnancy.
How often do we attempt to manage the consequences of sin rather than repent of its root? Our efforts to correct our failings without genuine repentance often create even greater damage—to ourselves and to others.
David might have continued to live and appear to thrive, unchecked, had it not been for the voice of the prophet Nathan, who confronted him plainly:
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight?
2 Samuel 12:9
Despising godly foundations is a great temptation whenever we desire to justify sin. Yet the consequences of sin, public or private, are great. Certainly, as King, no one could accuse or judge David for his deeds. He was seemingly untouchable. Yet we are always fully known to God. King David paid a heavy price for his sin done in secret, yet God offered a way of restoration and mercy once he was willing to face the truth about himself. When we search for truth and righteousness, we must look past the politics of the day to the "author and finisher of our faith." David was "a man after God's own heart" early in his life, and even after personal failure, he humbled himself to be rightly related to his heavenly Father once again. David asks God to "wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me."
Heirs with Christ
In our flesh, it is impossible to please God, for we cannot reach the perfection of the law in our flesh. We must receive God's enabling righteousness, spiritually through faith in Jesus Christ.
Today, we have the benefit of God's Holy Spirit to guide us into a right relationship with God. By accepting Jesus, the Christ, as our personal Lord and Savior, we become heirs with Christ, Himself, and His righteousness. Our baptism into salvation opens our eyes to God's mysteries in the Bible. Through this lens, we can humble ourselves to seek God's eternal truths and begin our transformation process.
Let's not compromise possessing God's wisdom for popularity or worldliness and all that it allows in the name of "self." Let us rather labor to be rightly related to God in truth so that righteousness, peace, and joy may be ours always! We are building a spiritual house that transcends this life and generation. Each decision we make sets us on a path; let us carefully "choose whom we will serve" (Joshua 24:14-15).
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
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