DAILY ENCOUNTER

DOING THE TRUTH

"If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:" 1 John 1:6

Glory to God! It is one thing to know the truth, and it is another thing to do the truth. One is head knowledge, while the other is heart knowledge. Knowledge gives us information, but practice gives expression to what we know. The evidence that truth has truly entered our hearts is that it begins to influence the way we live. We have seen situations where a student memorises an entire subject simply for the purpose of passing an examination. Such a student may reproduce everything they have memorised on the examination paper and obtain a good result, but when confronted with a practical situation requiring that knowledge, they may not know what to do. The information was in their head, but it had not become a working reality in their life. This is also possible in our walk with God. We can know many Scriptures, listen to countless sermons, attend church regularly, and even speak accurately about the things of God, yet struggle to apply the Word to our everyday lives. The Word becomes powerful in our lives when what we know begins to determine what we do. Heart knowledge produces practice. The ability to create something out of the truth we know is a proof that the truth has moved from our head to our heart. The Word we truly believe is the Word we practise. From our opening Scripture, we can learn two important truths. First, Fellowship with Light must produce light. The scripture says that if we claim to have fellowship with God while continually walking in darkness, our claim is inconsistent with our conduct. God is light, and fellowship with Him should produce the fruits of light in our lives. 

Our relationship with God is not merely something we profess with our mouths; it must be demonstrated through our lives. This does not mean that a believer will never make mistakes. Rather, it means that our conduct, values, and choices must increasingly reflect the God we claim to know. Our fellowship with God should show in the way we speak, relate with people, make decisions, and live when nobody is watching. Our conduct should not continually contradict our confession. Secondly, truth is more lived than spoken. The scripture does not merely say that we should know the truth. He says we should do the truth. It is possible to speak the truth and still fail to live the truth. We can quote Scriptures about forgiveness and yet hold people in our hearts. We can talk about faith and still allow fear to govern our decisions. We can teach generosity and yet live selfishly. We can speak about prayer and yet neglect our fellowship with God. The question is not only, “What do we know?” but also, “What are we doing with what we know?” Every revelation carries an invitation to application. This is why spiritual maturity is not measured only by how much Scripture we can quote but by how much of the Word has become visible in our lives. A person may have attended church for many years and still struggle to apply God's Word to everyday situations. The issue may not be a lack of exposure to the Word; it may be a failure to practise what has been received. When we do the Word, we begin to experience its reality. The proof that truth has entered our hearts is not simply that we can explain it, but that we can live it. Let us move beyond knowing the truth to doing the truth. This is the difference between knowing the truth and doing the truth. Hallelujah!!!

FURTHER STUDY

James 1:22-25; Matthew 7:24-27; John 13:13-17

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

  1. What truth have we received that God is currently asking us to put into practice?
  2. Is there any area of our lives where what we say we believe is different from how we are living?

PRAYERS
Father, thank You for Your Word; help me not to be a hearer only. Let Your Word become my lifestyle, and let the truth I know be evident in the way I live in Jesus's name

Comments

  1. De-Sparkling HeartSeptember 20, 2026 at 8:41 AM

    The proof that truth have entered our heart is that we can live it! Doing and not just hearing and speaking

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  2. Q-miSeptember 20, 2026 at 8:49 AM

    God is light, and fellowship with Him should produce the fruits of light in our lives.

    ReplyDelete
  3. ShelmaSeptember 20, 2026 at 8:50 AM

    Let us not be hearers only, but also doers of the word

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