II Timothy 3:1
But know this....
That in the last days perilous (stressful) times will come.
Fear seems to be the emotion of the day....
Couple it with anger and you've got a deadly mix....
Throw in some doubt, anxiety,and just plain not knowing what is next, and you've got a line in the sand that demands a decision to be made.
What decision you ask?
"How am I going to deal with all of this?"
That is one reason that the opening verse of II Timothy 3 really defines what we are seeing in our nation today.
The times are stressful....
More so that usual...
Pandemic...
Mask or no mask...
The future is uncertain...
Protests....
All of these add up to a level of stress that we haven't had to face in a long time.
When Paul wrote that in the last days (Yes Virginia, we are in the last days) there would be "Stressful" times and events, he knew that such would bring out the real "US". Not the religious us, or the civil us...but the true heart would be uncovered. All the things we use to cling to secretly to help us get by have now been exposed and brought out into the light.
Let's look at the list that accompany's this opening verse of II Timothy.
People will be Lovers of themselves / lovers of money / boasters / proud / blasphemers / disobedient to parents / unthankful / unholy / unloving / unforgiving / slanderers / without self control / brutal / despisers of good / traitors / headstrong / haughty / lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
I can't imagine living in our time, right now, today, and doing so with no hope.
I read where alcohol consumption has skyrocketed because of the things we are facing. People have turned to it thinking that this is the means of escaping. Drug usage has followed the same path, but along with the usage comes death....whether by overdose or suicide, it doesn't matter, the result is still the same. A loss...
A loss of a father or mother...
A loss of a son or daughter....
A loss of a husband or wife...
A loss....
So where do we turn?
We look to the very One that is called in A.A., A Higher Power....
Me? I refer to Christ as the HIGHEST POWER. None Greater!
Jesus made some interesting statement in Scripture...
"Let not your heart be troubled".....
"Come unto me and I will give you rest".....
"Do not be afraid"......
And last but certainly not least;
"I am the Way....the Truth.....and the Life."
Don't let the events of our day, and the power of darkness rule over your life.
Don't fall in line and fall all the others who will slide over the edge into eternity never knowing the love that Jesus has for them.
Cry out to God and He will come to you...
God on you....
mbb
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