Learning to Believe and Live the Truth

If we believed we were truly desperate and needed His life in every area of our lives, a number of things in our life would be radically different:

1. We would believe first of all that human effort accomplishes nothing and that the Words of the Jesus are spirit and life (John 6:63). We would live as if the Word of God is our very living manna. We would be in the Word constantly because we know that it is the food for our New Creation and the very means by which faith is birthed into our lives (for faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, Romans 10:17). The reason the Word is able to produce faith in our lives is because the battle we face is not about good verses bad behavior, but about truth verses error and we must know the truth in order to choose to live by truth. Besides, Jesus said that those who partake of His Word will truly live (John 6:57).

2. We would gladly listen to the Words of God and no longer listen to the lies of the one who is the father of all who abide in darkness (John 8:42-47).

3. We would give no place of authority in our life to those who care more about honoring each other than they do honoring God (John 5:44; 7:16-18).

4. We would not let the temple of the Holy Spirit—our New Creation—be overrun with money changers, sheep, oxen and merchants (John 2:13-17). In other words, we would not be overtaken by false religious deeds that really just serve to satisfy the lusts and desires of our flesh. We would also not give place to those who try and sell us their spiritual wares (teachings) which are based on lies and falsehood that will trap us in the cycle of false Christian duty and service under the guise of “sacrifice.”

5. We would live as if Jesus is our living water and is sufficient to satisfy even our deepest needs. Most of us have developed so many coping mechanisms be it relationships, behaviors, addictions, religious service, and so on because we have not let Jesus be Lord of those areas in our soul where our deepest need screams. We would instead continually come to Jesus with all our pains trusting that he will be to us like a perpetual well of water that will always quench our thirst and which will never run dry. We would come to Him and drink trusting that He will provide not what we want, but what He knows that we need (John 4:10-14; 7:37-38).

6. We would pick up our matt and walk away, leaving no concessions “just in case” Jesus does not come through in the way that we want Him to provide for us, care for us, or lead us (John 5:8).

7. We would run from the darkness into the light and not always be stumbling around in the darkness not knowing what we should do, where we should go, or how things are to be done (John 3:21; 8:12).

8. We would believe that He is the I Am—the only one who can truly be our God (John 6:41; 8:24; 48).

9. We would live as if our nourishment comes only from doing the will of God and finishing His work (John 4:34).

10.We would quickly carry out the tasks assigned to us by the Father.

John 9:4-5
All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end. But while I am still here in the world, I am the light of the world.