--JESUS IS TRUTH~~

--"Make them holy in the truth, your word is truth. " angelwing--[John 17:17/ CEB]

--AS MY HUSBAND drove through heavy traffic on the interstate, I turned to look at the cars behind us. When I turned back around, the side-view mirror caught my eye. Then I looked at the vehicles behind us again. "Well, I'll be!" I exclaimed. "The objects in this mirror are closer than they appear." Through decades of driving, I'd seen those exact words on the mirror without ever stopping to think about what it meant--that the mirror did not give an accurate view of the traffic behind my car. I shuddered to think how my lack of understanding could've easily caused a wreck.

Like that side-view mirror, my eyes often don't give an accurate view of what I see around me. My vision can be clouded by many things--preconceived ideas, fear, sinful attitudes, or the enemy. My emotions are changeable and often deceptive, distorting my perception. What the culture presents as truth has often been twisted and molded to fit a particular bias. How can I be sure I'm getting an accurate view of what's going on around me?

When Jesus referred to God's Word, He didn't use an adjective; He didn't say it was "true." He used a noun, "Truth," implying that the Word is the only standard of truth against which everything else must be evaluated. Jesus prayed for the Scriptures to purify His followers, to convict, correct, and guide them.

We need the lens of the Bible to interpret the circumstances of our life as well as current events. As we study the life-changing truth it contains, we learn to see things from a true perspective. But if we depend on our own limited vision and human understanding, we can easily make a wreck of our lives. ~~

--Keep your eyes on the Cross! Jesus is the only Way to the Father.
--Guideposts/DNM~
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]