Got Love?

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:15

The apostle Paul reveals to us the key to growing spiritually, which is speaking the truth in love.  Now I would venture to say that many of us do speak the truth, but how much of it is done in love?  This doesn’t mean we are to sugarcoat the truth or speak part of it to spare feelings.  Instead, we should speak against lies by not being afraid to say what is right.  We should also understand that there is a fine line between us speaking to defend the truth out of love for God or someone else, and us knowing we are right and just want to speak to win an argument.

When we speak the truth, the whole truth, in love we “will grow to become in every respect the mature body of… Christ”.  So, when we got love in speaking truth, we mature.  And with maturity comes our acceptance of the truth when we hear it.  With maturity comes awareness and discernment when someone attempts to mix truth with lies, even when that someone is ourselves.  With maturity also comes discipline in actively pursuing the truth and living in it.

Today let us speak truth in love.  Let us put away our childish things (1 Corinthians 13:11) of wanting to get our way and the last word, or using the truth to hurt one another.  Instead let us use the truth to grow.