Lord, You are God.

Who are we to tell You what to do?

Who are we to say, "We'll do what we like" - when You're saying to us, "I know what's best for you."

Help us to choose Your way - and stop insisting on getting our own way.

How are we to do this?

Jesus tells us, "If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36).

How, we wonder, does Jesus make us free?

He shows us "the truth" - the truth about ourselves, the truth about Jesus.

We are sinners. Jesus is our Saviour.

This is the truth. It's "the truth that sets us free" (John 8:32).

We are sinners. Jesus is our Saviour.

This is the truth that brings us out of the prison cell of our own making.

This, Lord, is the truth which brings us on to the pathway of Your blessing, the pathway of true and lasting joy, the pathway to Your eternal glory.