Girded with Truth
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth . . . (Ephesians 6:14a) Jesus is the truth, and He is our response to every lie spoken by the enemy. We are more than conquerors in Him because His victory on Calvary defeated and destroyed the power of death and darkness. We walk in the light of the truth, and the falsehoods and threats of Satan have no power to terrify us any longer. So, let us stand today in the freedom of the truth that is ours in Jesus Christ. Everything that is true is not necessarily the truth. For instance, no one is good in God's sight, and we are all sinners deserving of judgment and death. Yes, that is true. But the truth is, Jesus died for me while I was still a sinner, taking the punishment I deserved and paying the price for my sin, and now I am the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21)! Jesus is the TRUTH, that is, the overcoming super -reality in which we live. So, we can boldly come ...