What Is Your Truth”

I completed a Bible study online once about “Trusting God While You Wait”. The theme of it was wrapped around Joseph and what his bothers did to him out of their jealousy. Joseph went through a lot before becoming the overseer of Egypt, even after all that he endured he remained steadfast in one thing, his Trust in God. 

Although, at the time I can’t imagine he didn’t have his silent fears that he had to battle and I don’t think he realized, it was there in his waiting that God began orchestrating and raising him up. 

This provoked me into pondering about the times we are living in today, how people interact with one another. 

Even better, the idea of meeting someone who may not live or believe as you do. There are people who are criticized for their behaviors and/or actions. What about the homeless man sleeping in a box on the sidewalk, or the rebellious teenager, the drug addict, maybe even another Christian? 

My point to this, is that everyday there is an open door we are given as a potential opportunity to lead a brother or sister out of slavery.

Although he had dreams, Joseph didn’t know specifically what or how his life would go, but deep in the secret places of his heart he had truth.  I love what Pastors wife said in church Sunday, we all have a truth, but the only real truth is Gods word. 

So, if we have the truth of God’s word do we separate ourselves, do we withhold truth because we are uncomfortable or unsure of the outcome? 

Meeting someone who lives differently than we do, someone whose life we can see is demonstrating the evidence of bondage, does it make it easier to look the other direction?

The word freedom comes to my mind, so I look up scripture and I came across 2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”. 

In the Strong’s concordance it states: freedom, liberty, especially: a state of freedom from slavery.

Granted, the truth is we are all accountable for our decisions and actions, but like Joseph who was forced into a situation because of jealousy, when we meet up with the uncomfortable, do we know their story? Could it be they are “In the waiting” could it be they are silently “Trusting God”? Could it be God is orchestrating us to share in His freedom he has given us?

This leads me to ask the question, if we are not loving our brother or sister into the kingdom of God, are we not guilty of selling them into a deeper slavery, have we not taken on the bondage ourselves? 

Are we truly walking in Christs freedom?