Sunday,
August 2, 2026
THESE TANTRUM TIMES!
2 Tim 3:1-2
1 This know also, that in the
last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of
their own selves…
Have you ever witnessed a
child
throwing a tantrum in a grocery store? Mother has brought him or her along to
buy necessities, and the child sees only toys and candy. Peace is possible only
when every whim is immediately satisfied. Throwing themselves to the floor they
begin to kick and scream because of the insufferable injustice they feel. As a
witness, you want to intervene with swift and thorough retribution. Perhaps
this is how God feels when we act like spoiled children. Many are “gonna get it
when we get home!”
In second Peter chapter two, Peter refers to those who
enjoy rioting. He says they have “eyes full of idolatry” and they cannot cease
from sin. They beguile unstable souls. Their hearts are well trained to sin,
and their mouths are full of cursing. This reads like the morning news!
God invites us to “reason together” (Isaiah
1:18) and promises us rewards for reasonable thinking and wise action.
Isa 1:18
18 Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Dear Lord, let not my requests
become demands. Let me approach you with a clear understanding of who you are
and who I am not. AMEN
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