The Elder,
To the elect
lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those
who have known the truth, because of the truth which abides in us and will be
with us forever: - 2 John 1-2
John begins this second epistle,
or mini-book, by calling himself the elder and addresses it to ‘the elect lady
and her children. He tells these people that he loves then in truth, that they
know the truth, and because they have a mutually abiding truth.
It’s the ‘truth that abides
in us’ that grabs my attention here and I think the key words here are at the
very end – ‘and will be with us forever.
I love this notion. Once God
gives us the truth He does not take it back. It is with forever in every
circumstance and in every situation. After all Jesus is the truth and He is
never going to leave us.
Real truth gives us an
anchor to cling on to. It gives us stability in a world that says there is no
truth. Yet we have it and we need to fear ever leaving the truth that is in us.
As His truth abides in us,
we need to constantly abide in Him.
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