The Truth Is

DEVOTION
2 TIMOTHY
THE TRUTH IS

2 Tim 3:11-16
12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
NIV
It does not seem as though I have been persecuted, but am I to expect this at some point in my walk with the Lord? Maybe I have been persecuted and just not noticed it or was aware. Maybe there are different types of persecution that are far more subtle than the floggings Paul experienced. In either case the word is true and I have been or will be persecuted. I certainly see evil men and impostors getting more and more prevalent in my days. So many of them preaching their false doctrines gathering hordes of deceived believers to themselves, using them to extort them for their own personal gain of power, fame and fortune. I do not understand how people are so easily led astray from the truth of God. Do they not read it for their own learning, asking the Holy Spirit to guide them into the truth? Maybe they desire to be titillated with those fancy words of how the children of God should have everything, big houses, fancy new cars, a wealth of investments, and feeling really good, with a big smile all day long. Maybe those people have been do deceived the actually truth would not even phase them. I know one thing for sure, and that is I know in whom I believe and I know what I believe because I believe the inspired word of God as the only true and the Holy Spirit has led me into that truth. I do not accept those fancy words of men, nor any of their ideas for I see their evil, I discern their teaching as false, I recognize them as the impostors they are, wolves attempting to hide themselves in sheep’s clothing, but their teeth are showing with their big grins. The question I have to ask myself is should I be exposing them? I need to know if God desires for me to stand up and speak up regarding this false teachers. Would it do any good? If the Holy Spirit cannot get through to the believers who are being deceived, how could I? Is this the type of instrument he is forming me into? One who sings the truth from the rooftops? I know he has inspired me to write books, but how far and wide will my words he has taught me go? I am not looking for fame and fortune, but rather simply to do his will. I must do, and he will use me as he will and do with what I do for him as he desires. All I can do is proclaim the truth as it is, the truth, because the truth is.