Spirit-Living Devotional
Apostle Osborn
THE ENIGMA OF TRUTH AND FACTS
[[2Jn 1:2]] KJV For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
John the apostle writing to the believers makes a very striking statement. He said, “…the truth…dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.” The truth abides in us. Glory to God. This is the reality about our life in Christ.
Truth means reality. There’s truth, and there’s fact. Facts are the evidence around you, but the truth is the reality. For example, it may be a fact that you are sick. The doctors can certify this fact. Their equipment may detect the disease. You may even manifest the symptoms in your body. But if you are a child of God, the truth is that you are healed.
The truth is founded on God’s word. The word says, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” *(1Pe 2:24). This is more than a fact: it’s the truth. You are healed. And John said this truth abides in us.
The facts may be around you, but the truth is resident in you. And the facts can’t change the truth. Everything may fail around you, but learn to live from within you. Our opening text says the truth “shall be with us for ever.” Hallelujah! So refuse to look around. Live from within. Let the abiding truth in you overpower the facts around you. You accomplish this by getting to know the truth from God’s word and meditating on it! Glory to God!
Confession:
I live from within. Christ is my life. My environment can’t dictate my pace in life. Success is in me. Increase abides in me. Am the healed and blessed of the Lord. I live a glorious life. I operate from the truth.
