The Belt of Truth

Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. 

All day long I put my hope in you.  Psalm 25:5 (NLT)

I have learned a lot while teaching children’s church.  Children love to talk, and they talk A LOT in children’s church.   They talk about what they ate for breakfast, which siblings got in trouble the previous week, their new baby doll or monster truck.  Yes, they talk.  But if you listen closely, they can also put things in perspective for you. 

Recently we had a lesson on the armor of God.  Every child had a drawing of a figure onto which they were to glue each piece of the armor of God.  When I finished reading Ephesians 6:13 – 17, we started gluing the armor to the figure.  Our first piece was the belt of truth.  I asked the children why they thought the belt was the first item listed.  One child answered, “To hold my pants up!”  We laughed at the answer but think about it… if we had to use our hands to hold our pants up, we would not have the freedom to do anything else.  The belt gives us freedom.

Jesus tells us in John 14:6 that He is “the way the truth and the life.”   We live in a world that tells us that truth for me may not be the truth for someone else.  Jesus makes it very clear in John 14:6 when He says, “I am the way, the truth and the life”.  God does not change, and His truth does not change.  Our belt of truth is consistent day after day.  By putting on the belt of truth every day we have spiritual freedom as Christians.  We have the freedom to be the hands and feet of Jesus, to love unconditionally, and  to know right from wrong.

I challenge you for 2024 to intentionally put on the belt of truth everyday and cinch the buckle tight so you have the freedom God intended.