December 21st, 2025 
John P By the Grace of God Are You Seeking the Truth or Avoiding it?
Being Touched by the Grace of God
It was a beautiful thing finding the Lord and being touched by the grace of God. The blessings that I received from God were unspeakable and filled with His love. Then the time came when I was going to have to learn what to do to draw closer to God and be obedient to Him. Well, this is where seeking Truth comes in.
After I decided that I was going to give my life over to the Lord and exchange my will for God’s will, I knew that I was going to have to change my life and my lifestyle for the sake of overcoming my sinful nature. I never realized that it was going to be that difficult and painful but, it was well worth it.
Sometimes You Just Don’t Want To Hear It
I remember many years ago going to church and sitting there listening to the pastor preach. It was nice until he would quote a scripture from the bible and start to preach on it because sometimes it would be something that I did not want to hear. I’m sure this is something that happened to all of us at one time or another.
Pray for the Gift of Discernment
You know what I mean when we respond to ourselves by saying, “I’m going to have to give that up? ” or “I’m going to have to stop doing that? “. The Truth can hurt and cause us to try and manipulate it in a way that we end up deceiving ourselves into believing that we don’t need to stop what we were doing because we can’t see the wrong in it. This is where we need to pray for the gift of discernment.
Discernment is so important to understanding what is Truth and what isn’t. I say this because Truth comes from God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Word of God which is in the bible. God warns us not to put our trust in man (Jeremiah 17:7) and for good reason.
Trust God Only and Not Man
There are many pastors, preachers, teachers, etc., etc. that either think they know truth or they pretend to. There are those that preach half truth to make money from people or to make a living preaching at a church, on the internet or some other way that they can make a dollar.
It can be deadly for you because you put your trust in man for truth and not the Lord. I’m not saying don’t go to church or anything like that but, you need to arm yourself with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
Walk in the Flesh or in the Spirit
No one said that the transition from walking in the flesh to walking in the spirit was going to be easy. It helps though when we build a relationship with Jesus Christ, He is the Way, the Truth and Life. Jesus will guide us and help us overcome our fleshly pleasures and desires.
Battle Between the Spirit and the Flesh
I’m not lying when I tell you that there will be a serious battle between the flesh and the spirit. The flesh will want to remain dominate over the spirit, it doesn’t want to give up the worldly life. The spirit keeps growing in Faith and Humility which brings darkness upon the flesh because the flesh has lost a lot of its freedom to seek pleasures and desires for itself.
It’s understandable that we lived the worldly life for so long that we looked at it only in one way, the way of our flesh. With its pleasures and desires of want it seemed so normal that we considered it the right way to live. In other words, we had to please the flesh. Forget about others, they came second because we needed to take care of us first.
It Becomes a Joy to Seek the Truth
As time went on the Truth was getting easier to accept so much so that, in time, I found myself seeking the Truth more and more and not shying away from it. It’s actually a joy to find seek the Truth and find it. What a Blessing!
It was by the grace of God that I was able to endure the hardships and tests and trials. I was able to grow stronger in faith, patience, love, humility and the ability to overcome temptation.
Seeing the Glory of God
All Glory to God. I thank Him for His divine love, wisdom, mercy, forgiveness, protection from my enemies, blessings and being there for me whenever I need Him. And most of all, for Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit.
May God Bless You With His Divine Love
What is Truth?
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