Truth Hunting

Maybe I should have called my blog site "truth hunting" because it is truth that brings peace. If you want your stomach to be filled you search for food. The satisfaction of a filled stomach is the end result not the object of the search.

I was struck this morning by something I read in "My Utmost for His Highest". Chambers says, and I'm paraphrasing -the test of our spirituality comes when we come up against injustice, meanness, ingratitude and turmoil all of which tend to make us spiritual sluggards. We use God to get peace and joy. We aren't searching for a deep knowledge of Him but for the gifts He gives to us. I had to pause and examine my motives to see if that is true of my hunt for peace. I can honestly say that I don't think it is my motive at all.

The suffering that I endured as a child caused so much emotional pain and confusion inside my head that my search for peace is truly a search for truth. I want to be filled with the truth of God. I want to be filled with God! He is the God of all truth. It is the enemy of our soul that is the great deceiver.
People who question God with thoughts such as "how could a good God allow this..." are actually claiming to be wiser than God Almighty! They are supposing that they know all- understand all- and they are judging God! They have been seriously deceived! And this is a common line of thought. The deceiver is not all that creative- he uses the same lies over and over because we are so easily deceived. I remember when I was a young adult, I thought "all Christians are hypocrites" and I have been amazed at how many times I've heard other people say that exact same line. Of course we are all hypocritical at times- we are broken and wounded people. But the point and purpose of the line that "all are hypocrites" is to keep people from exploring the truth of Christianity! And sadly, the line works all too well.

God has blessed my pursuit of truth. He has opened my eyes to see and experience life from a different perspective. I am learning more and more to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself because I truly believe that I am just passing thru this life- on my way to paradise. It doesn't make me complacent about sin and evil- I still hate it with a passion and fight against it- but even in the midst of a passionate fight -I can trust that God is good and righteousness will win in the end! And I am on the winning team!