“Light dawns for the righteous" (Psalm 97:11).
Truth and moral order are imbedded in the universe: “The heavens proclaim (God's) righteousness and all people see his glory” (97:6). We know truth when we “see” it. Even pagan idol worshippers know that their idols are "worthless" (97:7).
When we turn away from the truth we descend into intellectual darkness. Our thoughts become fuddled and absurd. Claiming to be wise, we become great fools. On the other hand, "light dawns for the righteous" (97:11). The more we obey the truth, the more of it we know.
So, if you want to be sure of a thing, just do it.
Truth eludes the proud and the clever, but the simple, the honest, the humble understand: They “have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil” (Hebrews 5:14). There is a direct correlation between spiritual desire and one's grasp of reality. The latter is not a matter of the intellect but of the will.
So, if you’re having trouble with truth these days just read the Bible and decide, with the help of God's Holy Spirit, to do the very next thing He asks you to do. (You'll know what that is.) And you will know: "Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own."
"Good people see good things,“ George MacDonald said. Bad people see nothing at all, for “even that which they have is taken from them” (Matthew 25:29), all of which explains why common-sense realities—the difference between boys and girls, for example—elude men and women today.
David Roper
10.11.21
