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DO NOT FALTER TRUTH BY FUMBLING THE DELIVERY
The Lord has impressed upon us recently to review being a people who bestows mercy yet never compromising truth. “Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck; Write them on the tablet of your heart.” Proverbs 3:3. Forsake means fail, leave, let go, refuse. The word bind means to tie, gird, confine, join together, knit together to make stronger. Wear to be visibly seen, around your neck as an ornament. Write them on the tablets of your heart. The heart is the major interior organ. It is the heart where the feelings, the will, the center of everything tales place. Mercy and Truth are to go together as one and not separated. They are not meant to be used as individual components. They lose their function and their power if not in unity as God commanded. At Shiloh we are in a unique position to have people before us all the time. We live with the congregation that God has given us the privilege to oversee. We are in a constant state of pouring out truth to potential students, current students, families of students, students who leave before their completion, students who graduate, and also each other as leaders. Many people feel that speaking the absolute truth is uncomfortable and many do not want to be disturbed or cause others to feel uneasy either. People would rather ignore than confront. Some have even said, “THE TRUTH HURTS.” Yet truth will liberate the most bound up individual when it is packaged together with mercy. The Bible tells us that false scales are an abomination to The Lord. (Proverbs 11:1 and Proverbs 20:23) If we have one and not the other we are unbalanced. It takes the supernatural power of God working inside of us to give mercy and truth at the same time. He is the only one that can adjust us to register BALANCE. We can not manufacture it. It is just not natural. It is Supernatural Power. It takes a yielding to God every day and allowing Him to flow out of us mercy and truth. My friend, we may be the only truth available to someone. If we fail to give it and give it in the correct way, a soul could be eternally separated from a loving, caring, benevolent, merciful Father God. A Destiny for greatness and God’s Glory could be forfeited. Yes, it is just that important. If not careful and spiritually mindful we may misrepresent God’s character as His representatives on this earth. Years ago in London there was a large gathering of notables for a concert. One of the invited guests was a famous preacher, Caesar Milan. A young lady charmed the audience that night with her singing. After the concert Milan went up to her and graciously, but very boldly, said to her, “I thought as I listened to you tonight how tremendously the cause of Christ would be benefited if your talents were dedicated to His cause. You know, young lady, you are a sinner in the sight of God, but I am glad to tell you that the blood of Jesus can cleanse you from all sin.” The lady became so angry at the preacher that she stomped her feet and walked away. As she was leaving he said, “I mean no offense. I will pray that God’s Spirit will convict you.” The young lady went home, but she could not sleep. The face of the preacher appeared before her, and his words rang through her mind. About two o’clock in the morning she got out of bed took a pencil and a piece of paper, and with tears rolling downs her face, Charlotte Elliott wrote: Do Not Falter Truth By Fumbling The Delivery. Mercy & Truth Are ONE. This Body of Christ is The Gospel. Shiloh Ministry Team. | ||||
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