JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on John 14:6.

Jesus said, “I am the truth….”

When Jesus was on trial, He said to the Roman Governor Pilate, “The reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

Jesus invites us to listen to His teaching and live out what He says. If we do, Jesus says we will know the truth and the truth will set us free. But Pilate was not ready to acknowledge Jesus as the source of truth. He was not even ready to acknowledge that there was truth. He asked Jesus, “what is truth?” And then, he walked out to face the crowd. If truth is not established firmly in our heart, it leaves us vulnerable to just go along with the wishes of the crowd. That is what Pilate did.

Faith walks toward God, using the bridge that He has provided to cross over from a world of lies to a place of truth.

Walking in the truth of Jesus is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com