I don’t know how you would know who’s telling the truth. It’s kind of fascinating how politics is done . . . especially leading up to an election. Feels like it’s a 30-60-10 split. 30% talking about the issues . . . 60% bad mouthing the other guy (or other gal) . . . 10% doing damage control for something dumb said by the candidate. Of that 30%, it feels like half of it is spent on calling one’s opponent a liar . . . that the truth they’re selling is really a deception. Then throw in the media and the political commentators and I honestly don’t know how you’d sort through it all. How do you find the truth in it?

But this morning, as I read in John 8, I’m reminded of where real truth is found . . . of the dynamic for discovering it . . . and of the blessed reality that it brings.

“If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. . . . So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”   – Jesus     (John 8:31-32, 36 ESV)

The truth is found in His word. The dynamic is that of abiding in His word. The result is FREE INDEED!

So many voices contending for the seat of truth in our lives. Not just the truth about politics . . . but about what our real priorities should be . . . about what our defining pursuits should be . . . about what constitutes a valued legacy. The list goes on and on . . . all that drives us, all that we do, is driven by some fundamental view of what we consider to be truth . . . even if that truth is that it’s all relative and there is no truth.

But Jesus says His word is the “gold standard” . . . the measure against which all other “truths” are to be measured. Kind of makes sense that the One who created all things and holds all things together (Col. 1:16-17) should be the One who sets in play the dynamics of reality. Kind of goes hand in hand that the Creator of all things is also the Designer of the operating principles by which all things are able to run at their peak potential.

So mine is to abide in His word. To hold it near. To feed on it frequently. To own it as my filter through which I process all other voices of truth. To ask the Spirit of revelation and illumination to take the words off the page and infuse them in my thinking and in my feelings.

And in that dynamic, there is freedom. Freedom from darkness . . . freedom for the bondage of sin . . . freedom from accusation. FREE INDEED!

I know who’s telling the truth . . . Word of God speak . . .