" Do Not Get TOO Comfortable ! "

2nd.Timothy 3:1-5  "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent (without self control), fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of GOD; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

     Why is it that so many Christians have settled down quite comfortably in this present world ? Why is it that, rather than looking up to our Heavenly FATHER in days of turmoil, we begin to worry and fret because the comfortable aspects of a life that is quiet and peaceful are being disrupted as the world around us moves from bad to worse ? Sobering questions like these must be asked and answered. Where is our trust ? Is it in the living GOD, or is it in the political, economic, or religious institutions of this world ? As long as there seems to be political stability, economic growth, and a modicum of religious activity, people (even Christians) find themselves quite content.

     This world is not getting any better but worse ! JESUS warned that toward the end of the present age, great upheaval would transpire in every realm of life. He prepared HIS disciples for the fact that the world system, opposed to GOD, would also hate them just as it hated HIM. Paul forewarned Timothy "that in the last days perilous times shall come" (v.1) and then went on to describe the conditions that would exist and worsen as this age spirals downward in its departure from truth and the GOD of truth. Today, as we observe the unraveling of so much that we hold dear and as the stability of life as we have known it deteriorates more and more, let us keep our eyes upon our sovereign GOD. May we be reminded again that this world is NOT our final home. We are citizens of Heaven, so get to know your real home and prepare for entrance there. In the meantime, let us occupy until HE comes. In the midst of so many uncertainties, CHRIST gives us stability to live and witness for HIM. Represent HIM well until HIS return. JED

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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