In The Last Days...

       I never saw my grand parents drive a car.  I didn't know my father's parents but did know my mother's parents and stayed with them every summer.  They didn't have a car but depended on the kids to get them to the store or to bring whatever they needed.  Grandfather Vermilyer didn't have a car but did have a shotgun. My father borrowed it once to go hunting and upon shooting it had it fall into three pieces.  Grandpa simply told him he was holding it wrong.  I saw grandpa shoot a goose from his rocking chair as it flew overhead.  It was cleaned and prepared for dinner that evening.  They seemed to have the things that they needed and Mom and Dad would bring two packs of Beech Nut each time they visited.  Life seemed to be so simple in those days.  Things have changed in this present time and not everything is for the good of mankind.  Second Timothy 3:1 says, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."  
     It doesn't take long for us to realize just how perilous these times are.  All we need to do is to listen to the news and it seems to be a running commentary of Second Timothy 3:1-5.  All of the characteristics of this passage of Scripture are being played out every day.  There is comfort in all of this in knowing that it isn't a surprise to God.  He knew it was going to happen.  God knew before how things were going to get because He knows our mind and our flesh and our spirit.  He knows how we are going to react and how we are going to go astray.  He knows how we are going to respond to the events that we are going to confront today and in the days to come.  God was not caught unawares but had a plan even from the beginning.  Galatians 4:4 describes how that in the fullness of time, God sent forth His Son.  God knew we were going to need help and so provided our salvation in His Son.  Second Timothy 3:1-5 certainly shows our need and John 3:16 shows our answer.  No matter how terrible the news is on your channel, God has the answer.  God is always there even during the terrible crimes of humanity.  God has given us His Son and His Son won the victory by coming out of the tomb.  The greatest event in history has won the victory for each and every believer and has become the answer as to what the world needs even in light of the events that take place each and every day.  So, Praise God today for the message of John 3:16.