Truth and Prophecy

I seriously need to eat breakfast but can't stop thinking about what I heard on the radio yesterday. 90.3 is my favorite radio station because they play Christ-centered music during the morning and afternoon but have sermons during lunch (David Zacarias, Charles Swindoll, etc.) and then Adventures in Odyssey at night.

During David Zacarias yesterday he was finishing up some thoughts on Daniel, the OT prophet. He read the verse that says Daniel was beloved of God. He then discussed prophecy in the OT and NT and asked us to think about who the greatest prophets of the OT and NT were. He said that Daniel is the single greatest source of prophecy in the OT and the disciple John is in the NT.

What do they have in common, he asked? LOVE. Daniel, the beloved of God and John, who is known as none other than the disciple Jesus loved.

How is this love so evident in their lives, he again posed to the audience. Scripture, again, is pretty clear: he that loves God obeys His commands.

Daniel is one of the few if not only people in the Bible of whom no sin is recorded. This is not to say that Daniel never sinned, but it is greatly worth noting that no sin of his is recorded. I forget what he said about John and obeying His commands, but even right here I was blown away!

He then went on to conclude that because of Daniel and John's unique love relationship with the Lord, He revealed special prophecy just to them.

As a believer with the gift of Prophecy (not future-telling, but a black and white, truth-motivated personality), what is my greatest struggle? What does Scripture pointedly demand about truth?

Speak it in love.

What would a life of truth and love look like? Like Daniel and John? Maybe--just maybe. I am certainly inspired for righteousness, truth and above all, LOVE.