John 18:36-38 – “Jesus replied, “My Kingdom is not from this world.  If my Kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my Kingdom is not from here.” ³⁷ Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king.  For this reason, I was born, and for this reason, I came into the world—to testify to the Truth.  Everyone who belongs to the Truth listens to my voice.” ³⁸ Pilate asked, “What is truth?”   When he had said this, he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.”

Today, I was challenged by John 18-21 about Jesus, man, and religion. It began with Pilate’s question in John 18:38, “What Is Truth?”  Regardless of why Pilate asked it, it is the key question for us—not what is Truth as we perceive it, but what is Truth!

When Pilate tried repeatedly to release Jesus, the Jews said, “We have no King but Caesar.”  Religion’s God is tradition and their doctrinal tenets.    Pilate’s response to the challenge about the inscription above Jesus KING OF THE JEWS was, “What I Have Written, I Have Written.”  You and I are the authors of the Book of Our Lives on Earth, and What we write is written.   It cannot be edited but by the Blood of Jesus.

After the resurrection, Mary came to the empty tomb, and the question by the angels Jesus was, “Why Are You Weeping?”   They knew the answer; it was because of her pain in losing Him.   It was a failure to truly see that His death was not permanent.  It was rooted in temporal thinking.

Here is the Eternal Truth – He had to die so we could live.   Because of His death and resurrection, death is not death for the Believer. 

The Angels wanted to shift her focus from what she perceived to be her loss to the Truth, which reveals what she gained. 

• Life is to be lived with eternity in view.
• Life is to be lived with God’s purpose in view.
• Life is to be lived knowing that death is temporary.

We have a great cloud of witnesses who have preceded us, and they are not dead but alive in Him and with Him.  Those witnesses and Jesus provide the inspiration to Live Life to the Fullest.

• The fields are ready for harvest.  
• We have an assignment.  
• Only as we allow our focus to become Him, and the Kingdom can we answer the question “What is Truth?” and write our Book rightly.   

He is Alive!  Those who have preceded us are alive, and we need to live!    I want the Book of My Life to Glorify Him.   I want no part of my life to be withheld from Him.   Caesar is not my King; Jesus is!

I pray that we will see Him and what He has done and let Him live in us and through us.  Then, our weeping will be for the lost, not for ourselves.   Today is a day of Victory for the Believer!

Have a wonderful day as you write the Book of your life with Jesus!