“We must always serve the truth with complete clarity and love. The truth itself will overcome the lie.” (Based on an Inner Word.)
It is the truth that will overcome the lie. We know it comes from God and is God Himself. “Every one who is of the truth hears my voice,” (John 18:37) the Lord tells us. However, even when the Truth—in the person of Jesus—walked on this earth and made Himself present in everything He did, not everyone was willing to receive and serve Him. Too many were entangled in their own lives, caught up in confusion and lies, and refused to allow themselves to be led into a new life in Christ.
It is the same today. How many pass the Lord by and fail to encounter the liberating truth! “Only the Son can set you free,” (cf. John 8:36) the Son of God calls out to us.
The truth has been established, and everyone can come to it—or, to put it another way, it stands at the door and knocks (cf. Revelation 8:20). Those who open the door to it will experience its penetration of our inner being. Love and truth will begin to reign, and we will serve them so that they completely permeate our lives. When this happens, the Lord Himself will bear witness to the truth through our lives.
Like our Father, we will not use force to convince people of the truth. We will have to watch those close to us fail to enter the path of truth—or even leave it—and we will be unable to prevent it. All that remains is to pray and struggle spiritually on their behalf.
But this should not discourage us, for the truth itself will continue knocking on people’s hearts to overcome the lie. The lie has no substance and cannot last forever. Therefore, we must never lose heart and must continue to bear witness to the truth!