Worship for Today: God's word is truth!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Ephesians 6:14-17,

 

"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

 

This enumeration of spiritual armor by Paul begins with "the belt of truth buckled around your waist". If we were to take Paul's order of things here, it could be said spiritual warfare begins with truth. I also note his listing ends with Scripture, "the sword of the Spirit." Like warriors back to back, God's truth is the beginning and end of all that is needed for either defensive or aggressive action in the spiritual realm.

 

The one who neglects the imperative of spending time in Scripture will pay for it on the field of  spiritual battle. When praying to the Father, Jesus acknowledged that it is God's word that is the truth, "your word is truth." John 17:17. God wants all men to come to the knowledge of it, "This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:3-4. Unfortunately many simply will not embrace God's truth and be rescued from his coming wrath, "They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved." 1 Thessalonians 2:10.

 

The wonderful thing to me is that God decided to speak truth to us, that we not be continually led astray, but to know him. The Holy Spirit carried certain men along that they might speak from God to provide what we have in the pages of our Bibles. 2 Peter 1:21.

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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