“For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
II Timothy 3:6-7
Stay-at-home-moms and especially, homeschool moms are students. We read and read and read…sometimes to our children, but often to glean information for ourselves. We pour over how-to homeschooling books, homeschooling mom’s devotionals, and homeschooling manifestos. We are ALWAYS learning, BUT…
DO WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH?
I love to learn, and I hope to instill a love of learning in my children. But, what sorts of things am I learning? Am I spending my time learning what truly matters? I can read what all sorts of people have to say about all sorts of things, but if the Word of the Lord is not hidden in my heart, then I will fall for anything anyone says. I will try to implement every time schedule, educational plan, or child disciplinary chart out there, but never follow through or be successful with any of it because I don’t know the truth.
Now, don’t get me wrong…it can be good to read what others have written and spend time discussing other’s thoughts on a myriad of things, but if we don’t KNOW THE TRUTH, we will not have the discernment to know when something someone writes or says is just their opinion, rather than God’s Truth.
So, what can we do to guard against “household creeps”?
II Timothy 2:22 tells us to
“Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
If you do not PURSUE…not just hope you bump into…righteousness, faith, love, and peace, you will never know the TRUTH.
If you are spending your time gossiping, you aren’t going to know the TRUTH.
If your conversations are not flooded with the Word of God, then you will never know the TRUTH.
Get God’s Word in your heart, and GROW UP! Notice, the previous verse says, “youthful lusts.” Household creeps are rooted in immaturity. Knowledge of TRUTH will grow you up!
Grace Wheeler says
Thanks for this, Amy!
MolleenCarie says
***** Post, Amy. I needed this today. Thank you.
LouAnne says
Amen! This morning I put up our “homeschool” scripture from 1 Timothy 1:5:
“But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”
I remember *stumbling* onto that years ago (when my oldest two were still homeschooling) and gasping, “That’s IT!” From that point my earnest desire was to “homeschool with the Gospel”; nothing less and certainly nothing more.
Thank you for the exhortation today!