Monday Reading: 2 Timothy 3:1-7
Key Verse: 2 Timothy 3:7
7 ever learning and never able to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
Devotion:
Don’t these verses paint such an awful picture of man-kind? How are we able to see that there is a God when we are surrounded by so much evil and so much corruption? It is little wonder that so many people never get to hear about Christ and hence never make it in to church when there is so much going on in the world! It is not as if we don’t know people that fall into these categories either because we are surrounded by people from all walks in life who are willing to give in to the carnal pleasures of this world rather than find out the truth.
It is not as if we cannot find the truth because Christ promised that the truth will always be available for anyone who is willing to listen; we only have to look around us to see just how much good there could be in this world if only people would put the evil behind them instead of inviting it in. People are more concerned about getting what they can get out of life than looking out for one another. People have lost sight of the ability to live with others and focus instead on themselves only. It’s not just the business world where people are like that because we can look into family lives and see that children are no longer obedient to or respectful of their parents. We see parents no longer having the natural love for children... All because they have lost sight of the truth.
When God is left out of people’s lives a whole lot more disappears as well; not just the love for God but the natural love for each other goes as well. When we lose sight of who has given us our daily blessings, we lose sight of who is in charge! If we take God’s gifts and use them as the fuel for our lusts then we are going to focus our attention on those lusts rather than on God. We do have the ability to find out the truth and let others know about it! He has given us our gifts in good faith; let us not abuse them anymore.
Points to Ponder:
What do you focus on in life?
Are you abusing God’s gifts to you?
