September 19, 2025
John 17:17
“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”
In John 17, Jesus prays for His disciples, and for us. I have always found it a comforting thought to know that Jesus prayed for me, well for us. Jesus doesn’t ask the Father to remove us from the world, but to sanctify us in it. How will we be sanctified? By truth. And then Jesus defines things further: “Your word is truth.”
Jesus' statement is bold and striking in a culture like ours, where truth is often seen as accommodating to trends, personal, as in we determine our own truth, and negotiable, understood as open to modification. I believe we all have noticed, that today “truth” often means whatever feels right, whatever gets applause, or whatever aligns with our preferences. Jesus, however, anchors truth in something eternal, unchanging, and divine: the Word of God.
One way of saying it is that for Jesus "truth isn’t a trend, it’s a tether." "God's word is truth," we hear, and that truth holds us steady when culture shifts, when our emotions fluctuate, and when lies sound convincing. Without God's truth, we drift. With it, we stand on a firm foundation.
Sure, we hear the messaging around us saying:
Believe whatever’s popular
Base your identity on feelings
Bend Scripture to fit culture
Of course the alternative to this is what our Bible calls us to do.
Testing every idea against God’s Word
Letting Scripture shape identity
Standing firm even when it’s costly
you see, sanctification means being set apart by truth, not swept away by noise.
Let's Pray
God, anchor me in Your truth. When the world feels unstable, remind me that Your Word is true and sure. Sanctify my thoughts, my desires, and my decisions. Let Your truth shape me, not just what I believe, but how I live. Amen.
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