Happy are those who... keep truth for ever.

Psalms
{145:18} The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

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Calling upon God in truth.

Can we call upon God in falsehood? In lies?

I think we can. I think just as we can call upon anyone in truth, we can also call upon them in lies. Our intentions hold the key to which, right? Our intentions are honorable when we are being truthful, and not honorable at all when we are trying to deceive. If we pray to God with a heart that is wide open, hiding nothing at all it's in truth. If we pray to God thinking that we can hide things from him what does that say?

The Lord doesn't promise to be nigh to those who call on Him without truth.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

See...

Not nigh unto all who call upon him.

But nigh until all who call upon him in TRUTH.

Truth.

Throughout Psalms we've learned a lot about truth. We've one last verse in this study in Psalms--

Psalms
{146:5} Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God
{146:6} Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is:] which keepeth truth for ever


Happy are those who have God for their help.
God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that's in them.
Those which keep truth for ever.

Happy are those who... keep truth for ever.

The truth isn't something to toy with, to have one day toss aside the next, to play with on a whim.

You can know the truth but it doesn't necessarily mean you will accept it. Knowing and accepting it is what is most important and keeping it close to your heart always is equally important. Being able to come to God, to call upon Him in truth is very special and necessary because God doesn't condone anything but the truth. We shouldn't either.

The truth is the love of God in all its glory, revealed in His law, revealed in His Son, love.

“For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”- John 3:20-21