Tuesday's Thoughts

I find myself concerned as I sense the Holy Spirit revealing to me that the Truth of God is under attack by the powers of darkness. I see this on a personal level as a believer as well as the Ministerial level. It seems to me that people who reference themselves as believers  are "picking and choosing" what portions of the Truth that they feel is necessary or important to apply to their lives. The pressure from the "spirit of this age" is seeking to lead EACH OF US away from God into our own world of what is right and what is wrong. But isn't that a unknown and dangerous path to travel? Would that attitude be described as rebellion or rejection of the Truth in the eyes of God? 

Let me say it another way; It is dangerous when any one of us choose to leave God out of our lives or we choose to ignore His principles and replace them with our own desires and plans. The Psalmist David issued this warning in Psalms 9:17, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God." (NKJV) (Emphasis added) I fully understand that this verse is used when we decry the condition of America. But America is made up of individuals such as you and me. Many of those individuals have a relationship with God or who at one time enjoyed a relationship with God. 

Paul's writing to his protege Timothy reminded him as well as us of a time of "perilous or dangerous" times. Isn't it safe to say that we are living in some of those days at the present time? I encourage you to take a moment and read this passage of scripture. EACH OF US needs to examine our lives and MAKE SURE that we are not being captured by any of the activities that Paul is describing.

2 Timothy 3:1-9, “You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. ² For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. ³ They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. ⁴ They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. ⁵ They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that! ⁶ They are the kind who work their way into people’s homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by various desires. ⁷ (Such women are forever following new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth.) ⁸ These teachers oppose the truth just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have depraved minds and a counterfeit faith. ⁹ But they won’t get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as with Jannes and Jambres. (NLT)