There are so many different things that seem to demand our minds attention, our hearts affections, and our bodies’ actions. A constant debate in our souls over truth bang on our minds demanding a path to proceed down, only we hardly ever recognize this process consciously. The fact is we demand truth, and need it to survive.
Validation, confirmation….these are things we so desperately desire as a result from our actions or words. Decisions without them are decisions without any truth, any “conviction”. It seems however, that truth has become just a quantitative term. In our “majority rules” culture, truth is ever changing; opposite of everlasting. This contradicts the very definition of what a truth really is, though. If something is true, it is “constant, exact, and correct” according to the dictionary. If something is constant, then it cannot cease to exist. If something is exact, then it cannot be moved from its original position. If something is correct, it can never be made wrong. Truth, if it is in fact true, logically must hold to itself. Intertwined and complete, there are no physical openings, no gaps, and no attitude that can disrupt the consistency of truth.

So, if the view that a different set of truths applies to each culture, how can it match up with the definition? If truth is determined by people, who are defined as “imperfect”, how can it be true? After all, truth is flawless. The scientific name “Human” of our species is a synonym for “marred” at times, yet we consistently buy into the fact that the masses decide what is true and those not in agreement will just have to deal with it.
That’s why I love the Word of God. A book filled with absolutes that provide us with explanations and examples on how to apply them, these absolutes lead to freedom. This freedom today’s society seems to preach but honestly, our world doesn’t seem very free to me. Think about it!

Personally, I know that when I do not take enough time to read the Bible and to think about it I tend to fall into a timid mindset that cripples any growth in my heart, soul and mind. “I don’t understand anything that is in there….I don’t know the context, and can’t apply it….How can words help this situation?” It’s a mixture of laziness, idolatry, and unbelief (lies) that ask these things in my head. Laziness because I don’t want to put in the amount of time I know I personally need to spend in the Word each day. Idolatry because idols I may not be aware of are lurking in my heart, completely blurring my vision. Unbelief that the Word really has helped me in the past, and that it will continue to do so knifing through my flesh and filling up my soul with what it needs. I simply am not myself when I do not fully invest my mind, body and spirit into the Word of God and what is says.

Something happens when I do make that choice though, I return to the one who created me, who knows me entirely, and who never leaves. I become a little more the person he created me to become, I feel like myself again. I have a reason to relax and be joyful, I no longer have to force any of these emotions or pursue a temporary fix. I believe that when somebody experiences that precious time with their Savior, they are restored. All needs are met, no further searching is required. ALL of his book is true, and continues to stand the test of time, amidst a broken world of people hating what is in it, trying to disprove its validity. It is a gift to us, instructing us in ways that fill our needs, not our selfish desires.

Undoubtedly though, believing what is in the Bible to be true is a decision that must be addressed in us individually. The same is true with what each person thinks of Jesus Christ. That decision is one of faith. The evidence is there whether you look for it or not, but I do hope deep down anyone reading this Christian or not, does look for it. Only growth can come from that. Only TRUTH, can come from that.