Sunday, October 14, 2012

Faith in Truth

Readings: I Kings 17:17-24, Colossians 1:9-14, Matthew 9:18-26

Faith in truth--when we are truthful with ourselves as well as with each other, our lives just naturally go smoother. We also are more inclined to trust one another and have faith in one another once truth is established. In I Kings we hear these words of faith in truth: "Then the woman said to Elijah, 'Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth'" (17:24). 

Faith and truth were also apparent in the book of Matthew when Jesus was walking among the people and healing many. There was a woman who had suffered from a disease for many years. Yet she had faith. She knew that Jesus was the living truth. So she thought to herself, "If only I can touch his cloak, I will be healed". And she was. "Take heart, daughter," he said. "Your faith has healed you" (9:21-22). 

If we wake each morning with the goal of sticking to the truth in our thoughts, actions, feelings, then it will become easier to have faith in our lives as well--everything becomes much clearer and simpler. 

There's a beautiful prayer in Colosssians: "And we pray in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way; becoming fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience and joyfully giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins" (1:10-14).

Peace be with you.

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