I have noticed in recent months such a personal increase in the revelation of Biblical truth. This is not “new” truth, but age old truth being uncovered. The same truth that had been viewed through a preset and non-contestable lens of religious “surface exploration” is now seen through a lens that has been refocused to see more clearly and more deeply into what has been hidden. The change is obvious and the reason for the change is clear.
I believe for the diligent and hungry, God is lifting the cover off of the truth that has been veiled by man’s determination to make Scripture conform to his own convenience and comfort, rather than God’s absolute truth. We have shaped our theology around our personal lives and experiences rather than penetrating into the heart of God and His Word and demanding that our lives align completely with His truth. How many have spent hours staring into the Bible and all the while straining it through a sieve of convenience and compromise, convinced we are right. At the end of the day, how do we determine what is true? We must ask if God is at the center of our truth and whose kingdom is advancing.
It becomes clear that the veil over our heart’s understanding is a veil held firmly in place by pride, revenge, lust, bitterness, rebellion, and unforgiveness. These smudges block our vision until very little truth is allowed to pass through. We are so accustomed to this veil of deceit that what is distorted has become our standard of truth and all is judged by the error we hold on to.
We have only to look around us to see the fruit of such error. But there is a truth, a Kingdom truth, that is still present and waiting to be sought out and applied to our lives. There is a Kingdom truth that originated in the first garden and then was again made available to all, through the Christ who did not fail the test in the second garden. And that truth is still available to those who will seek diligently.
As much as some want to pretend and demand that their perverted ways are truth, they cannot deny the diseased fruit. Only a fool could be so simple minded not to see the consequences of the truth he has chosen to follow.
