2 kings 13,14; 2 Chr 25; 2 Tim 3:

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 2 Tim 3:12-13


Sometimes I really struggle with the fact that this world is not my world. I struggle with the way evil seams to be rewarded and godly people and even God Himself are considered bad or even a joke. In Kings it seams as if ungodly kings get away with murder and godly men die for their faith. King David said it this way in Ps 73:1-3 “Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.  But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked”. The truth that Paul said is remember, this is not our home, this is not our world. David also comes to that decision when he says further in Ps 73:16-17 “When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. Paul says 2 Tim 3:1-5 “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- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.” The truth is this is not my world and I am glad. I need to dwell in and with my world, In Gods hands.

May God bless you and keep you in His love, in His kingdom, in His world, in His hands, until the day you go to dwell with Him forever.

Pastor Jack

Next reading Amos 1-3; Ps 80; 2 Tim 4