Look Up!

     Paul mentions more signs of the end times in his letter to Timothy, his protégé and son in the Lord.

But mark this, there will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, 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 such people. 2 Timothy 3:1-5

     Whew! A depressing list, right? The world needs Jesus. Can you see all of the above happening around the world? Or on the internet? Or in politics? Or in terrorism? Or in drug and alcohol abuse? Or in negative speech about each other?

     But, God. There we have hope. In Christ, we can live as His children, changing the world around us. Believe in His power to do just that. Jesus tells us to look for the signs. We have talked about them for the past three days. As we see the increase of all of the signs, our hope increases for the day we will be in eternity forever. Stay strong. Stay joy-filled. Stay in His peace and share the good news of saving grace. He brings new life away from all of the things Paul warned us about.

Jesus,

We have You to guide us in Your ways. We pray for others around the world to get to know You while there is still time. Your Word holds truth and tells us the end from the beginning. We thank You for sharing it all with us.

Amen