Perlious Times

This week in Bible college we are summarizing Pauls farewell letter. In doing so I realize a lot of the reasons I safe gaurd myself from certain people. For example I’ve never cared too much for a bragger or a person that pretends to be someone they are not. Quickest way to loose all association with me. For the longest I’ve been able to spot a fake and now I understand my gift. I haven’t always operated in it because I ignored it.

When you know, you just know. You can sense the boasting, the pretending, and the constant need people have to prove they’re doing better than they really are. Paul warned us about this in 2 Timothy 3:1–6. People who love themselves, love money, brag, deceive, and put on a form of godliness while they are far from it. There’s so much of this casually being done and accepted.

If people would let go of this competition mentality, they’d realize they don’t have to resemble the very characteristics Paul described. So many are making excuses for why they can’t take a stand and live upright, why they keep hurting others, pretending, and choosing the comfort of lies over the work of truth. Honestly, that kind of living feels exhausting to me.

Underneath all the hard coverings and false narratives is the essence of who a person really is. And if you don’t like that person? Change it. Do something about it. God gives us the power to transform, but we have to be willing to let go of the ways of this world.

I challenge those to stop living in alignment with the very “perilous men” Paul spoke of 👉🏽 people driven by pride, pleasure, and false speech. Because if you continue, people will turn away from you. You’ll find yourself isolated, not because others are wrong, but because you chose a path that leads to emptiness.

I wasn’t trying to preach but when the Holy Spirit gives you a message it needs to be said. If it offends you that means it pertains to you.

With love. ✌🏽