Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around
your waist…
Ephesians 6:14
You have probably heard
someone say that a story 'unraveled', or 'fell apart', or 'came undone', once a
lie was revealed.
Conversely, the truth is
'ironclad'.
Picture multiple layers
of clothing and equipment. Once donned,
it needed something to hold it all together.
It needed a belt.
The belt, once buckled in
place, kept everything else in its place and allowed everything else to
function properly.
...the belt of truth...
And so it is with the
belt of truth. When preparing ourselves
for the Christian life, to do battle in His Name, it is the truth that
motivates us, is it not? Will a man
offer up his life for a lie? No! But knowing the truth, and knowing the
Truth, moves us forward into battle.
It is the truth that keeps it all together. It is the truth that allows all the other components of our armor
to function properly.
"I am the Way and the Truth and the Life."
"I will ask the Father, and he will give you another
Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept
him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives
with you and will be in you.”
Questions: What is the truth? Why is the truth listed first among all these
components? Have you gone through a
battle in your life, relying wholly on God?
How did the truth help?
"Truth is so
obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the
truth, we cannot know it." Blaise Pascal
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