"And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved" (2 Thess 2:8-10).
Ask yourself today, "Do I love truth?"
Has truth "fallen in the street" that leads to your heart? (Isa 59:12-14).
This may seem like an insignificant or fading question, but it possesses implications much deeper than first glance would reveal.
Do you love truth? Do you "plead" for truth? (Isa 59:4).
Is truth your coveted friend and partner, or is it nothing more than your house guest, invited for lunch, and you cannot wait for it's visit to expire? Are you anxiously waiting for truth to leave so you can freely partake of the "deceitful dainties" hidden in your cupboard?
Is truth your intimate love? Are you readily available and willing to be struck by it's forceful and enlightening blow, or do you prefer it to act in place of a harlot? Is it your life-long partner and sanctification or is it nothing more to you than a quick thrill, paid-in-full, and then sent on its merry way to the next house and forgotten? "Maybe we can meet again sometime?", you yell, as truth blissfully makes it way down the street, far from your corner, and even further from your temple.
Friend, the days that are coming upon us are days of great testing! Our love for God's truth will be tested. Are we going to swim upstream, bearing the reproach, and fighting the current of complacent compromise, or will we settle, and be found living among those who only claim to love truth, while secretly despising it's knock at their heart's door?
One writer has so aptly said: "Real seekers after truth are almost as rare as albino deer! Why? Because truth is a glorious but hard master. Jesus said, “I am . . . the Truth” (Jn 14:6) and followed Truth straight to the cross. The Truth seeker must follow Him there, and that is the reason few men seek the Truth!"
I trust and pray that we will never allow the REAL truth to be orphaned! Let's not ever possess the sad testimony that our forefather's once did: "The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so" (Jer 5:31). Loving truth requires that we commit to accept any new ideas as long as they are substantiated in the Scripture regardless of how different they are from our religious background.
Don't ever let truth go, though it be rare, and it's corporate desire possibly unseen. Let's lovingly cling to the perfect Law of liberty, and live!
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