{"id":1244,"date":"2021-05-28T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassielynne.blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2021-05-28T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:56:07","slug":"fact-vs-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cassielynne.blog\/fact-vs-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact vs. Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Disclaimer: I\u2019m not saying to ignore medical advice. I\u2019m saying don\u2019t make medical advice your savior. Facts are great. Truth is better. Sometimes they\u2019re the same, sometimes they are very very different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone will tell you not to read the testimonies on the internet. Don\u2019t google your symptoms, don\u2019t check online doctors or ask your neighbor\u2019s best friend on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re probably all right. But we all do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the more you know the harder it is to have faith\u201d my friend told me.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t say she\u2019s wrong. The more \u201cevidence\u201d we gather and add to the facts. The harder it is to trust the truth. We gather and gather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We say we\u2019re being diligent\u2026but really we\u2019re opening ourselves up to the enemy\u2019s seeds of doubt.\u00a0Which we water with evidence and google searches, rumors, fear mongering. Is diligence really listening to what the enemy says unfiltered?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And…when we\u2019re being \u201cdiligent\u201d are we spending equal time in prayer and the word looking for what the Lord has to say about our situation?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we magnify<\/em><\/strong> we glorify<\/em><\/strong>.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

If we spend our whole days magnifying symptoms on search after search, we will see every result on the internet search after search. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will also see every conclusion on the internet. I will tell you from experience that you won\u2019t see a lot of stories about standing in faith against all odds. They are powerful testimonies, but they don\u2019t come up under a symptom search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So in our endless searches for outcomes we like, more information, and satisfying answers\u2026 we end up magnifying the very thing we are afraid of.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy than your whole body will be full of light.\u201d Matthew 6:22\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Yep. Quoting the same verse from last week. What we look and take in is important. It shapes our days and hours and minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much time do we spend worrying, or fretting over things we couldn\u2019t control anyway? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we spent half that time praying how many mountains would move?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God never stops speaking\u2026 but we stop listening. We start putting more energy into the distractions and worries of the world and never go back to God for further study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until we get desperate enough to look away from the \u201cfacts.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know many of us are dealing with a lot right now, the facts are overwhelming and true. They are brutal and heartbreaking and real. We have lost jobs, people, finances, friendships, security and health. Some of it is too real for us to comprehend. I\u2019m not saying they aren\u2019t real circumstances, I just want to caution us not to make our circumstances and battles bigger or \u201cmore real\u201d than God.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facts are in front of us, Truth is within us. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Facts are the physical, tangible, \u2018I can prove it to you\u2019 things. Circumstances that exist outside our heads that we can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is\u2026 God can do the impossible. It\u2019s where He shows up best! God can do what the facts say no one can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their \u201cfacts\u201d weren\u2019t relevant when TRUTH stepped in.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

David should never have been able to take down Goliath. It was impossible.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esther should have been killed for going into the king\u2019s presence. She wasn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel should have never been born. He was.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israelites should have starved in the desert. They didn\u2019t<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel, Jonah, Ezekiel\u2026 all the big names of scripture and all the little ones. Their facts weren’t relevant when TRUTH stepped in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this week, I am tired of being pushed around by \u201cfact.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll take that \u201cfact\u201d and raise you Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to do that, I have to turn my back on the facts that I fear I have to stake my claim in Truth. Not my opinion, or what is true right now, but True, unwavering truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t have the luxury of looking around or walking in \u201cwhat if\u201d I can\u2019t stand on both sides and take half the reward no matter the outcome. I have to choose. I cannot be double minded. I look this fear in the face\u2026 and I say \u201cbut God.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where I\u2019m walking there is only one outcome that I want. He knows why, what and when. I trust Him to navigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever heard someone say, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t get my hopes up\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn\u2019t get my hopes up either\u2026 but I will put my hopes in Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This world is shaking, truth moves and changes by the hour, but TRUTH, the I AM, He is the same yesterday today and tomorrow. We need that stability in our lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will trust that He is who He says He is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We need to stop getting stuck on the facts and magnify the truth and walk in it. If I sound a little bossy today, well\u2026 I am. I am standing on the truth and letting Him defend me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m inviting you to join me. Lay that worry down, that fear down. Hold everything in your life with an open palm\u2014it\u2019s all His anyway. When we surrender it all and trust Him with it. We can stop spinning and choose where to stand.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, I confess I struggle to trust you when I\u2019m looking at the facts in the world around me. It seems so scary at times. I know I should have faith, but I\u2019m struggling. Lord, help my unbelief. Raise me up so I can see with Your perspective. Help me to see that fear is a threat to the peace that you alone can give. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today I exchange that fear and worry for Your truth. I will not hide from the world or my circumstances. I will give them to You and trust You to lead me. Today I accept you as my Lord and savior. I want Your truth. I believe in the power of the cross and that you overcame the power of death when you rose. I accept that truth and from now on I will seek your face and learn to walk in Your ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I am afraid I will put on the garment of praise, for You have never let me down. Even before I knew You, You were pursuing me. Thank you. I will sing praises of what you have done, and declare the promises You have given over my life. I will stand in the authority You have given me through Christ Jesus. Jesus I want to walk with you. Open your words to me and show me another way. In Jesus Name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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