From the Edges – Morning Devotional – Truth or Dare

Morning Devotions – From the Edges

Lent – Day 9 – Truth or Dare 2-23-2024

Pastor Calvin Cook

Scripture focus – 1 John 2:20-21 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

Did you ever play truth or dare? The game associated that when you are asked a question that you either tell the truth about some detail of your life or take a dare to keep from telling the truth. At least I think that is how it is played.

Doesn’t this speak to our relationship at times with Jesus. We don’t want to receive the truth that the Holy Spirit is speaking into our hearts, lives, and soul allowing it to change us and instead we take the dare. Unfortunately, most of the time, that dare is coming from the evil one or the ways of a lost world that steals our hope.

This morning as sabbath I am thinking of two instances that has drawn me closer to God in the last 12 hours.

The first is this morning, the first thing that spoke to my heart was the Cory Asbury song “Reckless Love”. The first lines spoke into my heart this morning – “ Before I spoke a word, You were singing over me You have been so, so good to me Before I took a breath, You breathed Your life in me You have been so, so kind to me” Humbling to think that when we are open to receive the truth, that in the view and in the background – God is speaking over me, I Love you !

The second part of thoughts this morning was last night’s Bible Study on 1 John 2. The I realize I have been anointed by the Holy One into a state of love and truth not pain and dares that separate me from that never ending love of God.

Both of these current instances speak that God is an ever-present God, speaking, guiding, renewing, but we must be faithful to receive the truth and not giving into the dares of the evil one.

The bridge of Reckless love should focus and guide us today – “Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights ’til I’m found, leaves the ninety-nine And I couldn’t earn it, I don’t deserve it, still, You give Yourself away Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God.”