St Augustine wrote words that remain relevant personally to you, to all of us, today:

“it is not we who possess the Truth after having sought it,

but the Truth that seeks us out and possesses us.” 

The truth seeks us!  St Augustine’s words remind me what Jesus said, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Luke 19:10).  As Christ seeks, faith accepts his truth, then “You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.”  However, sadly “if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ” (Romans 8:9).  To receive salvation or “have the Spirit of Christ” is to “belong to Christ.”  This work of Chairs, as St Augustine expressed, “Truth that seeks us out and possesses us.” 

Jesus is God himself (John 8:58) and he testifies of himself as the “Truth” who is God (John 14:6-7).  Today God still “seeks us out” as his Holy Spirit is sent to convict you, everyone to turn to God (John 16:5-11).  This is not new; the story of God is a message of how He has been seeking people from the very beginning. 

 

Jesus has come for you, let Truth possess you,  

Owen <><     

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7 ESV)