Thoughts from 2nd Timothy 3

So my random verse for the day came from bibledice.com which is a great resource I use in my studies. This one really hit home.

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—”

What hits home in this section is when I look at this list, it’s all things one sees day to day in our society. Common things that many see as permissible.
Scary!

“having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.”

That last line is our world to a T.
We have so much information at the tip of our fingers yet, more and more people drop out of school. More and more people are uneducated in basic life skills! most and worst of all, people are uneducated on who God REALLY is and his heart for us.
This quite possibly could be the downfall of our nation.

“You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”(2 Timothy 3:1-7, 10-13, 16, 17 NIV)

I love how this is sort of summed up in how then shall we live. That yes there will be difficult times. and yes people will not always like you for what you believe. But when we throw our hearts into the Word and delve deep into Gods heart, searching for understanding; Which He gives when we genuinely ask for it! One will find the most satisfying peace and inner strength that can be humanly experienced. Also you are prepared for whatever circumstances come your way, good or bad, you have the knowledge to maneuver through them. 🙂