CUSTODIANS OF HIS TRUTH

CUSTODIANS OF HIS TRUTH

Open ye the gates, that the righteous 

nation which keepeth the truth may enter 

in (Isaiah 26:2).

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In the verse above, the prophet Isaiah wasn’t 

referring to countries like the United States Of 

America, South Africa or England, but to the Church 

of Jesus Christ; we’re the custodians of the truth. The 

Church is the pillar and ground of the truth:  “…the 

church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the 

truth”  (1 Timothy 3:15). We’re the ones that keep His 

Word, and His gates are open to us. 

But there’s more; read what happens in the very 

next verse: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 

whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth 

in thee”  (Isaiah 26:3). The Hebrew words translated 

perfect peace are “shalom shalom,” meaning “peace 

peace”; but this construction really means peace 

with rest; peace with prosperity, health, strength and 

salvation! Thus, the righteous one, whose mind is 

stayed on the Lord, is kept in perfect prosperity, health, 

rest and strength. 

This further shows that your mind is where God 

wants to work. If He can get a hold of your mind 

through His Word, you can become as healthy, 

prosperous and successful as you ever want to be. 

Train your mind to stay on the truth of God’s Word 

always. Trouble, darkness, temptations and challenges 

may come, but you’ll always be victorious; His truth 

will put you over, and the Word of God is truth. 

Being custodians of His truth means we’re doers 

of the Word; we’re Word practitioners; we live in, by, 

and through the Word. And that’s where the blessing 

is:  “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers 

only…For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a 

doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural 

face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth 

his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner 

of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect 

law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not 

a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man 

shall be blessed in his deed” (James 1:22-25).

PRAYER

I’m so glad that I belong to the Church of the living 

God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Nothing takes 

my focus off the Lord and His eternal Word, for in 

Him lies my strength, peace, victory, and everlasting 

success. I’m guided by God’s wisdom to walk in, 

and fulfill His destiny for me today, in Jesus’ Name. 

Amen.

FURTHER S TUDY:

John 17:17; Isaiah 26:3 AMPC