8214	Forums / Main Forum / Truthiness ... Or Truth?	on: November 20, 2006, 09:05:15 AM
Truth is found in the scriptures ultimately and practically. \"In your light we see light.\" We can have a systemised moral set of standards and be lieing to all those around us and lieing to ourselves. Because we are always measuring things by our perception of reality. Each one of us has a perception of what the truth is. We measure the truth based apoun how the ultimate consequence will come out in our favor. We are always fighting not only with sin and darkness but with self righteousness and self fulfillment. Reality is what Gods measurement is and it is what kind of distaste in our mouths we have for everything that we think that is not Christo centric. We are always looking either for a loophole or an easy practical method to get self fulfilled. We are so tied to selfishness that in order for us to get any sense of the truth we must think Gods thoughts after Him. Or first inclination is to protect ourselves. We fear the wrong things , believe ideas that are close to scripture and come in the most easy way, and always look to man as the ultimate solution for our problems. This is so interwoven in our nature that we create illusions by imagining God to be someone who He is not. We truly are little god makers. Unless we go to God with all of our illusions, with all of our sins, with all of our problems with men, and with our most painful sore of soul and lay it out to Him in prayer, meditating on the word, and being full of the Holy Spirit , we will only hit the surface of our sin. Gods design in the light of His word is to dig deep into our souls. Our design in our own light is to placate our pains with illusions. Gods truth pierces our hearts and not only points out the problems but His truth shows us the methods and links to why we have the problem and the only solution to redeem or renew the heart and dull and destroy the pain. His light directs our paths, guiding us into thats rite intoall truth. His light goes deep into our souls shining the light of the gospel into our most deepest pain. His light drives out the stink and replaces that stink with a sweet aroma that comes from our most inward parts. That aroma is the sweetness of our prayers. In that aroma He is pleased to give us a peace, joy, love that is beyond the natural realm. Unless we live in His light we will only experience the absence of that glory that is caused by our own law rather than being on the path of truth that He guides us into.