Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Well, one might say that we are in the end times. I don't know. I just know that I don't like what I see. I see hate where there should be love. I see fear where there should be safety. I hear concern. Yet I see people being cynical.
What is cynical though? Google dictionary says:
- Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
"her cynical attitude" - Concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them.
"a cynical manipulation of public opinion"
Man how do we see people being motivated by self. Not by what God wants or says. Yet have I been self motivated lately? Do I try to self direct where I shouldn't? I often wonder this. As christians are we imposing what we selfishly want and not what is truly in the Bible?
I know that there are times that I (and I must speak for myself here) have tried to get the answer I want out of the Bible and not what it actually says. Yes, it is true. I want to be justified in my actions not to realize that really I need to accept the consequences and try my hardest to do better and live a life based on the guidelines of the Bible.
It is like I want to have sex, but it is wrong to when not married. I tried to say cause it was not heterosexual sex so it was okay, but it is not. Sex is still sex. I must be celibate and wait till either I am married or not at all if I stay single. Yet here I struggle. I want to move forward in my walk with God, but the flesh is weak. So how do I deal with it? I don't go to the barbers! Meaning I don't put myself into situations that tempt me.
But how do I not be cynical? How do I get out of me? I remember that I am here to serve God and through that service to others. I give me to help others. I think of others. I am there for others. It is not a world that revolves around me but a world where I revolve around it. Well, there is my two cents.
