It's not hard to read today's opening paragraphs and find strong correlations between Paul's assertions to Timothy about the end times within the culture in which we are now live.

2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power.

What does the Holy Spirit bring to your mind with the statement above “having a form of godliness but denying its power”? Take a minute and ponder this.

Throughout my life I have been witness to many powerful moves of God and EVERY time, the result was worship and people surrendering their lives to Christ. Without fail, when God moves in power there is an undeniable presence of His holiness.

My heart longs to see more of this in the body of Christ today. The world needs Christians to live in and be conduits of the power of God.

Spending time in the Holy Scriptures is one way we learn the truth and gather the wisdom to walk in Gods power. Paul gives a strong encouragement to Timothy (and us as believers) us to dive into it, memorize and learn its truth.

My prayer is that we would be a people who long to live life in the power of God. That we would see wondrous displays of His power through healing and miracles that all eyes and hearts would turn to Him. That we would be humble, always learning and able to understand the truth, because our love God is displayed through the way we live our lives.

Amen