"What is Truth?"

Pilate asks the question to which everyone wants the answer. "What is truth?"

Not "What?" Pilate, but "Who?"

If only he had known Who he was talking to. If only he had not been so desperate to get out of this situation. If only he had not wanted to please everyone so badly. If only he had listened to his wife and her dream.

There are so many things about Pilate's actions that we can look at now, and wish they were otherwise. But, they cannot be otherwise. If it had not been Pilate, it would have been someone else acting so instrumentally in the crucifixion of Jesus.

But, I can realize that every day I ask the same question. "What is truth?" Every day I live as though I know the answer, whether it is Jesus Himself or some other god of my own making. Every day I have been given the grace to choose: which truth will I follow? Which god will I worship?

Will I believe the One Who came to earth as a man, who declared Himself to be ultimate Truth, who died the death I deserve to die, who paid the price I could never pay for my sins, who rose again and sits at the right hand of God and intercedes on my behalf?

Or will I follow the self-proclaimed truth that I am the master of my own fate, that I live in a world of my own making, that I am the god of my life and no one can take that power, security, or truth from me?

In light of Pilate's choice, so obviously conflicted and wrong after the fact, I must recognize and admit that I too have a choice.

What will I live for this day?

WHO will I live for?