Truth will prevail

My youngest son was recently married and, on the day before the wedding we went to a rehearsal. After this a large group went to the future in-laws for a meal. Following this we all sang the 100th. Psalm - from memory with no music. It was an uplifting experience as we all joined in one voice to praise the Lord. What always strikes me about that Psalm is a phrase from the last verse viz. "God's truth at all times surely stood". It is worth spending a few minutes reflecting on those words.

We are living in dark days; God's truth is being attacked on all sides and Christians in this country are facing persecution simply for seeking to live out our faith. In such an environment it is so easy to "throw in the towel". It would not be difficult to simply go along with everybody else, and not stand out as being different from the crowd. We can find ourselves reasoning that the majority must be right. However, let us remember what happened when Moses sent the 12 spies to check out the promised land. When they came back 10 of them said that the people should not go into the promised land because the inhabitants were too numerous and strong. Only, 2 - Caleb and Joshua - stood up for God's truth and urged the people to trust in Him. That represents a majority of 83% against 17%. Does that mean they were right? No, truth has always been in the minority.

When we are being assailed by wicked people telling us we are wrong it is encouraging for us to remember the words of this Psalm. People may change, and opinions may change but God's Word remains the same. Indeed, the Bible tells us that "Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13 v 8).

Just because it is not acceptable to the majority to say that Jesus is the only way to God, doesn't mean it is not true. Most people would say that a God of love wouldn't put people in Hell but the Bible says otherwise. The same goes for the attitude of the majority of people in this country concerning fornication and sodomy. These practices are firmly condemned in the Bible and it ill behoves us to water down the truth of God's word just to fit in with the majority.

We need to constantly come back to the Word of God and draw our strength from that. God's truth WILL prevail despite the attempts of sinful people to tell us otherwise; and remember - we have all eternity to be vindicated. I don't wish to sound as if I'm gloating but we will have the last laugh because we are on the side of truth which "...at all times surely stood".