Chronicles of Truth

He then called the crowd together and said, "Listen and take this to heart. It's not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up." (Matthew 15:11, MSG). When you cook pasta, you boil with a lot of water, but when it's served, there is no water in it. This is because the water had to be strained from it, to get the relevant content. Filtering lets us retain what is useful and dispose of what is unnecessary. The thing you do with what goes inside of you determines what stays in your heart and what stays in your heart now determines your character and living in general. A scenario played in front of two people can have different interpretations of each of them because of the mindset they've developed. We sometimes put a knife to our throats and pick what goes into our body physically, for healthier living. But for the real-life given in God, we sometimes ignore and let things that go into our spirit unstrained, and expect the Holy Spirit to do the...

The future holds what you think it holds. As a man thinks, so is he. Whatever you hold as your navigator tells what comes to you. Your expected end is important because it is the starting point of what happens to you next.  If you hold fear as your navigator and you let it direct you. You will end up where you dread the most. The things people fear is what happens to them. Job was an example. Everything he feared happened to him (Job 3:25). What are your fears? Are you scared things are not going to be alright? Or life is cruel and scared you will be a victim one day? Or the world is upside down and everything can't go, right? These things are happening and the reality that they exist is heartbreaking and a threat to our lives. But, we can't dwell on that. We have not been given the spirit of fear, we have Love, power, and sound mind. We have God. The quicker we understand that if God is for us, no one or thing can be against us, the better our lives will be. There will always ...

Growing up in the Christian faith, the phrase "waiting on God" was and is still one of the popular words being constantly spoken of by people and preachers. Because of the constant use, it has become a cliché. Everybody waits on God. Everybody trusts and believes He is, and everything we were told He can do, but how many of us are truly "waiting" on Him to fulfill the words that were spoken to us? Everybody knows God doesn't lie, but how many believe His truth enough? Waiting is a continuous process. It never stops. There is no point in any man's who believes in the Lord that he should say to himself - I have waited for the Lord enough, I'll do it my way this time. It's an attitude of unbelief in the first place. And while we might say that is true, we have to check ourselves long and hard enough to see if we are also not guilty of the same case. There is always a reason to wait on God. Time tests our hope, love, and faith in God. How long can you wa...

Animals are beautiful alive and the presence of some of them adds beauty to the environment. But some animals have a better life being dead than they could ever be when they are alive. The products and byproducts from some animals are the reason for the existence of some people, animals, and plants. In their dead state, some are sources of protein, hide, skin, and other sources of accessories that have contributed greatly to the fashion world - feathers, bones, etc. If animals could have more usefulness in their death, how much more men. The concept of death for man in this context is not literally like that of the animals, but that was an illustration of how useful and impactful man can be in their death state. Paul said, "I die daily". As we know it, he wrote a higher percentage of the new testament and has influenced numerous people and even changed the culture of nations. That is how powerful and purposeful a dead man can be. The dead state was explained by him when he wr...

There is an African proverb that says, "the demon you've known for a while is better than the angel you just met". As weird as this sounds, many people consciously or unconsciously act it out. This shows the hardness of people's hearts towards change. Change is constant, but it can be a very weird process and experience. The Israelites desired to go back to Egypt and continue the life of slavery and pain that they were used to than to be in the wilderness and uncertain of what the promised land looked like. Yours might not be as dramatic as the Exodus. It could be the Lord telling to you take steps about your finances by saving and sowing. Or leaving the life that is not accurate with the word and plan of God for your life. It could be for you to stop saying to yourself and others, "That's who I am and I can't change." Our change experiences are different. You know what the Lord is addressing in your life. And it may have raised questions of doubt li...