‘To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said’, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - John 8:31-32

If you can recognize the truth or know what the truth is at any point in time, then very likely you would believe in it. But not many people are able to recognize the truth. Why is this so? I think the answer is straight:
1. The truth is usually bitter, and very difficult to believe. Falsehood is loud and usually pleasing to the ears and also very easy to take as correct.
2. Not many people can adequately resonate with the truth simply because of disorientation which seems to have placed so many under bondage.
3. So many people are lacking in the capacity to accept the truth, even when they know that the truth is before them. This is usually due to wrong followership, misplaced loyalty, and fear of losing some of the things that we wrongly cherish as important to us.

To believe in any statement of truth or falsehood is to knowingly and deliberately log onto the spirit and life of that statement thereby creating a synergy or agreement with the statement. Jesus says His word for us in the scriptures is spirit and life, and this means that the word of God in the bible contains the spirit and life of God, and therefore, capable of operating as invoked. But the snag here has always been our inability to believe in the Word of God. The reason for this inability is already highlighted in 1-3 above. Beloved, you are affected by God’s word in accordance with your level of belief and synergy with these statements of truth. The question is asked again; “do you believe in the word of God as contained in the scriptures”? In today’s scripture, Jesus is calling us to believe and have faith in his commands or teachings as these statements of the Master contains the truth which will enable us to truly experience the spirit and life of God contained in them. Therefore, it follows also that when you tune to the scripture and believe in it, you experience a manifestation of the spirit and life of God in all areas of your life. The spirit and life of God are the dual forces which usually direct us along the path of success, longevity, and victory over adverse situations. Now is the time to meditate again on the scriptures and begin to accept the truth in them.