John 8:26

“I have so much to share with you—so much to reveal to you about you. But this is not about what I want to say. The One who sent me is all the truth you need to know. Whatever I say to you while with you are the very things I hear him say to me.” John 8:26 EFP 

Jesus’ response to the people’s exasperation is to open his heart to them. Can you hear the pleading in his voice? He certainly knows this would most likely be the last time he would have the opportunity to share the good news about his Father with them. He knows all the preconceived ideas they have about God. He understands the spiritual burdens that the religious leaders have placed on them that have damaged and jaded them towards spiritual matters.

There is so much to share and so little time. It must have broken Jesus’ heart. His mission is to share the truth about his Father. Jesus says, “He is true.” He wants to tell them His Father loves them. He wants them to see His Father through his life of service to them. He could have spent his time telling them about them, but that would do nothing more than place the focus on their misconceptions and warped concepts of God. The antidote for deception is truth—pure and simple. I need to fill up my life with truth about God. That can only happen by spending time with him—talking, listening, meditating, and taking in his words in Scripture. That’s all the truth I need to know.