This is truth, this is life… this is the word of God.

I have been struggling with the idea that we are wrong. That here in this overly spoiled selfish country we have taken our eyes off of Jesus off of what we are called to and we have fixed our eyes on things that don’t shine so bright on our sin. We tend to look at other peoples lives to judge our own. Since we aren’t as bad or as dirty as others we feel like we have our hands wrapped around this thing, like we are truly good Christians. I guess today my mind just keeps going back to the Word. The word of God is the only thing that we can judge our lives by, it is the only work of Art, which is completely flawless, divine, and inspired by God. I know the response of some would be like this, “Tj, creation is divine and inspired by God”. Right, but it is not flawless and that’s why it is imperative that we as Christians go to the Word of God for counsel, instruction, and for it to be the mirror we stand in front of to examine our spiritual lives. The bible says this… “Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you”. To me that’s one of the strongest verses in the word. We hear so often that salvation can be found in a prayer but clearly salvation goes so far beyond prayer into a daily lifestyle. So much so that we can hold our lives up to the light of the word and see if we are really in the faith, if we are really following God. Like this. When a bone is broken you hold the x-ray up to the light and every crack, every weak and broken spot is exposed. When we hold our lives up to the light of Gods word the same thing happens. Every piece of our lives that has been worn down by this world is exposed and we can’t help but see it in it’s beautifully broken state. See when compared to the word of God we are poor, wretched and blind… oh and don’t forget naked. The most beautiful thing is this. The Light that exposes the brokenness and nastiness of our lives is the same light that can heal and restore. Jesus, in his entire splendor is the Light, the Word, the Mirror, the Healer, the Teacher and the Promise of salvation. My hope is this. That today you take your life and hold it up to the light of Gods word and allow him to shine on you. Take a few minutes and pray that he would shine in like never before, that he would truly expose you in His presence. In this you will find that there is no hope of putting the brokenness back together outside of His grace. You will also see that there is a loving, powerful God who is faithful to forgive you when you ask. He has come to give you life and life to the full. So please allow the light to shine, allow yourself to be exposed. This is truth, this is life… this is the word of God.