Robbing The Power

"for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." 2 Timothy 1:7

God did not give us a spirit of fear. Many times, we look fearful in the eyes of the world. We run to social media and post everything we can to prevent the world from being the world. Rarely do we make such strides to keep ourselves from sinning.. It is no secret that as the day draws near people will grow ever more resistant to the word of God. The Bible tells us that ministers will begin to tell people what they want to hear. "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions," 2 Timothy 4:3. We are certainly seeing this unfold today!

It is certainly no coincidence that this warning in second Timothy comes after it is pointed out that God did not give us a spirit of fear. Another thing that social media reveals other than the fear that we have that redefining marriage will usher in the apocalypse is that we may not have a spirit of self-control. I am constantly blown away by comments that I read on social media that are so hateful in the name of Jesus.

Do I want the definition of marriage to change? No. I don't..Do I think that it changes the power of God, his plan for the church, and authority? No, I don't. I have a hard time finding in the scriptures where Jesus addressed every single opposing view. I am easily able to find him washing the feet of sinners, feeding them, teaching them, healing them, loving them, and dying for them. (us)

We shouldn't be afraid. God knows what he is doing! Scripture tells us that the time is coming when people will seek pleasure over truth. We shouldn't be surprised or shocked by the things we are seeing and hearing. We weren't given a spirit of fear but of power, love, and self-control. We have been given the power of the holy spirit working in and through us, the same power that raised Christ from the dead. (Rom. 8:11) We are given the love of Christ to extend to our neighbors. We are given self-control. It is more offensive that Christians do not operate in this Spirit than it is when the world operating like the world.

We should strive to live in his strength instead of our weakness.