I Ponder Thusly

Good morning, world! Or, good one oh-two pm, world! Isn't it a lovely day?

Encouragement for those who are in Christ:

"We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life." -1 John 5:20

There is so much we can think about - so much to wonder about our own lives and about the spiritual world. Occasionally this can make me nervous - this limitless mass of questions. But...I know I can always rest secure knowing Christ as the Son of God! He is the foundation of all of our knowledge; he has given us understanding for life.

What we do not know, we can turn to Christ to know. I love this prayer of David, who is seeking of the Lord:

Psalm 25:4-6 (New International Version)

4 Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;

5 guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.

Not only does God have truth, which David asks to be guided in, but He also IS Truth!

Christ said, "I and the Father are One". (Jn 10:30) Christ also claimed to be the Truth in John 14:6.

The TRUTH! Truth is what theories strive for, religions search for. That's so big. What the world is looking for is Christ, but it may not know it! (Tangent: the song "What the world needs now is love, sweet love!" is also true, as God is not only truth, but love, accd. to 1 Jn 4:8.)

Christ spoke of truth constantly. What he said was true. When you read his teachings in the gospels, he starts off much of what he says by saying, "I tell you the truth,..."

Take note, he also said the "Spirit of Truth" would be sent to his disciples.

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. - John 16:13

Sweet. :)