The Burden of Truth: How to Handle it Biblically

Truth Is Dawning: When Light Begins to Break Forth

Truth! Such a powerful force!

 

We dedicated the month of March to Biblical Womanhood. And this April, we have been reviewing daily in the family all we learnt in March to ensure we all get to internalize them. We have also started to understand and discern some lies that our generation has been roped into like purpose, feminism, affirmations, self and all its selfish forms of displays, the apathy of the modern church to indeed earnestly contend for the faith and so much more.

 

And honestly, from our discussions in the house, the questions and answers, the thoughts of our hearts and all of that, I’m excited to see that we are beginning to see things. Light is coming. The prophecy we received for our 10th year anniversary (Isaiah 29:17-24) is manifesting. Glory be to God.

 

And this is just the beginning. Even in unexpected quarters, you will begin to see things, sis. As you begin to go inside truth, lies will be more obvious.

 

The whiter your shirt is, the more sensitive you become to stains.

 

 

The Burden of Truth and the Yoke of Jesus

And as someone rightly mentioned, truth comes as a burden. Oh yes, the truth is also like yokes and burdens. You cannot escape yokes. Either yokes of Satan, or yokes of Jesus. You can’t be on the fence.

Jesus said: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 

When you hear rest, you’d think it is rest as if, sleep off and all those conveniences but no. He continued.

 

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

 

Can you see? This passage alone is a sermon and there’s no time to unpack but if you dwell on it, I trust the Holy Spirit to break it open to you. This blog should also help you understand yokes better.

 

The yoke of Jesus is easy and inside it lies the rest. Glory! So, even as the burdens of truth starts to tighten, we need to take care of a few things.

 

Truth Reveals What Is Inside You

When God gives us burdens, our reactions to it will depend on what we have had on the inside before the burdens came.

 

When a challenge comes and the burden presses down on you, what comes out of you is what is already on your inside.

 

If you had no mercy stored up inside you, what will come out is harshness.

 

If you had no patience, what will come out is irritation.

 

If you had no understanding, what will come out is judgment.

 

That is why this season, as the Lord is making Truth clear to you, it is not just about seeing. It is about becoming.

 

What do you have on your inside? Are you fit to carry the Truth?

 

Have you started to see your lopsidedness and your need for the Saviour?

 

Have you started to notice how hard you are on unbelievers? How uncompassionate you are being toward people who disagree with you?

 

Because Truth does not only expose others. It exposes you first!

 

It shows you where you are lacking mercy.

It shows you where you are lacking patience.

 

It shows you where Christ has not yet been fully formed in you.

 

And if you are honest, you will not run from that revelation. You will bow to it!

 

You will allow it to break you.

 

You will allow it to soften you.

 

You will allow it to lead you back to the feet of Jesus.

 

Because before Truth flows through you, it must first work in you.

 

 

The Purpose is Not to Destroy Us

Many people will see truth and become hard. They will forget that they too were once in that same place.

 

And I do not say this to make us feel bad. It is simply natural to feel this way. Oh, it is normal. The Bible already foresaw this. The One who knows our frame, our tendencies and all, understands how quickly the heart can tilt in this direction.

 

The Scriptures say, “For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust” (Psalm 103:14).

 

The closer you see the truth, the clearer the lies become, and the sharper your reactions will be. Things that once looked normal will begin to trouble you. Things you once overlooked will begin to stand out.

It is normal! 

 

But! 

 

The Scriptures say, “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted” (Galatians 6:1).

 

So the burden of truth is not given to destroy us. It is not given to make us hate, judge, become rude on our statuses, or look down on those who are yet to see the light.

 

No.

 

It is given to position us as instruments in God’s hand.

 

Instruments of intercession.

 

Instruments of loving correction.

 

Instruments of mercies.

 

The Scriptures say, “Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering” (Colossians 3:12).

 

Truth Must Produce Bowels of Compassion

Our mercies must increase. Our love must grow. Compassion must be birthed in us. It will make us weep and lay hold of God for men.

 

Not to talk about them alone, but to travail for them.

 

Not to expose their errors alone, but to stand in the gap for them.

 

The Scriptures say, “And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land” (Ezekiel 22:30).

 

This exactly, my sister, is where the burden is leading you!

 

The burden of truth will take you to the place of prayer, where you begin to cry:

“Lord, open their eyes. Lord, have mercy. Lord, draw them to Yourself.”

 

When compassion is truly at work, you cannot be comfortable watching people walk in error. You will be moved. You will be stirred. You will cry. You will groan. You will carry them before God.

 

Even our Lord Jesus, the Scriptures say about Him,

“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd” (Matthew 9:36).

 

So the more we see, the more we should love.

 

The more light we receive, the more mercy should flow.

 

If seeing truth is making us harder, something is wrong.

 

If it is making us proud, something is wrong.

 

True light softens.

 

True light humbles.

 

True light produces Christ.

 

And in that place, you will find yourself weeping, praying, interceding, and trusting God to do what only He can do.

That is how we carry the burden rightly.

 

 

There Must be a Balance

Jesus was full of grace and truth. The Scriptures say,

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us… full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). Not truth alone. Not grace alone. Both, in fullness.

 

So truth and love must abound together.

 

And this will only become possible when we are doers of the Word, yielding ourselves daily to God in humility. The Scriptures say, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (James 1:22).

 

Because the moment we begin to have lofty thoughts of ourselves, the flow of grace is hindered. The Scriptures say, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble” (James 4:6).

 

So this is the posture we must guard, my sisters.

 

Stay low before God. Stay broken. Stay teachable.

 

Let the truth you see first deal with you. Let it refine your heart, your speech, your reactions. Let it produce Christ within you before it is expressed outwardly to others.

 

Carrying Truth the Way Jesus Carried It

It is not enough to carry or have the truth. You must carry it the way Jesus carried it.

 

Firm, yet gentle.

 

Clear, yet compassionate.

 

Convicting, yet full of mercy.

 

That is when it can produce fruits that will abide in others.

 

Because, dear sisters, truth that is carried wrongly may win arguments, but it will not win hearts. And the goal has never been to be right in speech alone, but to see lives transformed. Isn’t it?

 

The Scriptures say, “Speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ” (Ephesians 4:15).

 

So the truth must be spoken, but it must be wrapped in love, carried in humility, and released with discernment.

 

There is a way truth comes that closes people up. There is a way it comes that opens them.

 

When it is harsh, it builds walls.
When it is seasoned with grace, it opens doors.

 

The Scriptures say, “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt” (Colossians 4:6).

 

So, let’s not seek to just convict others but to convert them.

 

Our goal shouldn’t be to just point out error, but to lead them into life.

 

Growing in Truth as Light Increases

So, my dear sisters, you will begin to see wrong things more clearly, yes. But the question is, what will flow out of you when you see them?

 

Will it be anger, pride, and “I knew it”?

 

Or will it be mercy, intercession, and a deep cry, “Lord, have mercy”?

 

Because the higher you go in truth, the deeper you must go in love.

 

The Scriptures say, “And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire” (Jude 1:22-23).

 

So there is a balance. There is compassion, and there is firmness. But both must be rooted in Christ, not in self.

 

This is why we must stay with Jesus.

Because only in Him can you carry truth without becoming proud.

Only in Him can you see clearly without becoming critical.

Only in Him can you carry burdens without being crushed.

The yoke is still there, but it is easy because He is the one carrying it with you.

 

So as the light increases, guard your heart. Build yourself in mercy. Stay low. Stay teachable. Stay broken before the Lord.

 

 

 

Remember This Truth: You Were Once There Too

Do not forget that you were once in that same position, the very thing you are now seeing as wrong.

 

So what you now see clearly was once hidden to you as well.

 

That remembrance should keep you soft. It should keep you patient. It should keep you from speaking as though you arrived there by yourself.

 

Because it was mercy that found you and me.

 

It was light that came to you. It was God who opened your eyes.

 

The Scriptures say, “Who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?” (1 Corinthians 4:7).

 

So there is no room for pride here for us, my sisters.

 

Only gratitude. Only humility. Only a quiet awareness that if God had not helped us, we would still be  out there.

 

And when that understanding sits properly in your heart, you will not approach others with harshness. You will approach them with the same mercy that brought you out.

 

Gently. Patiently. Prayerfully.

 

Trusting that the same God who opened your eyes is able to open theirs also.

 

 

You Are Still Becoming

And also, you do not even know all truths yet, do you?

 

You are only just beginning. There are people ahead of you who are also probably looking at your WhatsApp statuses, wondering when you too will grow.

 

Would you like it if they were rash with you? Hasty, merciless, judgmental?

 

This is where wisdom must come in.

 

The way you are seeing others now, is the same way someone once saw you. And even now, there are still things you do not yet see. The Scriptures say, “For we know in part, and we prophesy in part” (1 Corinthians 13:9).

 

So there must be humility in this walk.

 

Let truth make you sober, not superior.

 

Let it make you patient, not quick to speak.

 

Because if God dealt with us strictly according to all we did not know, where would we be? The Scriptures say, “He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities” (Psalm 103:10).

 

So carry that same spirit.

 

Give room. Give grace. Be firm in truth, yes, but gentle in spirit.

 

Because you too are still growing.