Itching ears

Have you ever talked to a little child and they didn’t like what you were telling them so they covered their ears? Then you say the word candy and all of a sudden their hands come down and they are ready to listen! Do we really change much when we grow up? We don’t really like to hear the doctor tell us that we are overweight so we need to eat less potatoes and more veggies right? We don’t want to hear that we are wrong. It’s human nature to surround ourselves with people who agree with us rather than those who oppose us. Those who tell us what we want to hear. Don’t believe me? 2 Timothy 4:3-5 For the time will come when people will no longer put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers that will tell them what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
There are those that fancy themselves pastors and teachers that would teach whatever the people would like to hear. Like for example, everyone eventually goes to heaven. Or, there is no hell. The list goes on and on. They will even discredit the Bible as a source of absolute truth relevant for today by saying that certain parts were written to this person or that but not to us! Kinda sounds like what Paul warned Timothy about in today’s verse doesn’t it? Listen my friends, the Bible is the only source of truth. It’s God’s word to us and it’s written to us and for us and it’s just as relevant today as it was years ago and will forever be relevant!! Just because it says some things we don’t like to hear doesn’t make it less true. As for me, I would much rather surround myself with teachers who tell me the truth, even if it hurts, than to be told lies that could cost me eternity!! If we really love people as we claim to do then why tell them what could harm them forever? Let’s be seekers of the truth! Check who is teaching you with what the Bible says! It’s vital!! Thank you God for your word and guidance and for those who you have called to teach who tell us the truth!!
Go shine your light today!!