“Truth Doesn’t Always Protect You—Sometimes It Provokes Trouble”
- John Young
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
Paul, Prison, and Praising Anyway
Paul didn’t write “I can do all things” from a palace.He wrote it from prison.
Not because he did wrong. But because he did right.
False accusations. A riot. Roman soldiers dragging him away—not to punish him, but to keep him alive.
Here’s a hard lesson:Truth doesn’t exempt you from trouble.
You can tell the truth and still get lied on. You can do right and still be mistreated. You can walk in integrity and still get misunderstood.
Sometimes truth doesn’t protect you. It provokes people who don’t want to hear it.
Paul spends years locked up. He appeals his case. And that appeal sends him through storms, shipwrecks, and even a snake bite.
Wait—appealing for justice made things worse? Yep!
Because obedience doesn’t cancel hardship. It just gives hardship a purpose.
Paul ends up chained to a Roman guard. Restricted movement. Limited freedom.
But his faith is free and his praise is unrestricted.
That’s the power: They can chain your body. They can limit your options. But they cannot steal your joy!
And from that place Paul declares,“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Not because the situation changed. But because Jesus stayed.
Even when truth gets you in trouble,Christ keeps your strength.
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