2 Timothy 4:2-5 NIV
[2] Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. [3] For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. [4] They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. [5] But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
You ever spend time talking to someone and feel them almost completely zone out as soon as you bring up the Word of God? The craziest part is often times, this happens when you’re speaking with a self-proclaimed Christian. The Church today no longer knows the Bible nor cares what it says. They have no desire to confirm to Christ but only to have their ears tickled and their sins defended.
How can we call ourselves Christians when we have no desire to even discuss Christ or the things of Christ? How can we call ourselves Christians when we have no desire to actually follow Him? Jesus describes following Him as carrying your cross. Paul describes it as a race you need to run with endurance. In other words, following Christ isn’t easy. It takes crucifying the flesh and fleeing from sin, not indulging it.
Our lives should be a representation of Christ to others. It should share the Light of God with those in darkness, not have its eyes glaze over whenever the Word of God is mentioned. How can we share a God we don’t even know with the world? We can’t, it’s impossible.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Seek God Then Show Others.