What We Wanna Hear

Are You Stuck in Your Own Opinions?

I was reading the following today in my personal time with God and in the passage it was the one thing that stood out the most.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

For the time will come when men 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. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

In a world where truth is relative and where every man & woman is entitled to their opinion it's easy to just surround ourselves with people, books and things that reinforce our view of the world rather than to confront our sensibilities with things that challenge our views. All of us want to be accepted but are we willing to accept the views of others? What is truth and what is opinion?

With all the noise that surrounds us every day it is difficult to face the truth about certain things and there are many times at church and in my time with God when I hear things that I find difficult to accept. The toughest things to hear are the things that prick at my character and at my personality. The thing about the Bible is that it often challenges me to look beyond what I see and who I am. I guess that's what makes it the inspired Word of God. I don't tired of reading it every day but I do get discouraged when I still struggle with many areas in my life after all these years of being a Believer.

Anyways, the point I'm trying to make today is that I really think we should be open to hearing things from others and to always ask ourselves if there is a measure of truth in what is being said about us. We aren't all perfect are we? The best thing we can do is to surround ourselves with friends who are honest enough to tell us the things that we don't wanna hear and who are willing to stick with us as we work things out.

I've got great friends and if you're one of them here today I just wanna thank you for being a part of my life. On top of what I read in the Word and in my daily talks with God you guys help make my walk in life a little easier to bear PLUS you guys make life a lil' more fun.

Have a great weekend (what's left of it anyways)!