On the caravan trip to Ohio recently, I was riding w/Billie & the girls. I absolutely love talking about God and His word w/Billie. (he has such passion for the Word)
Still going thru a storm, Bill asked me how we were doing. I replied & then Bill shared some verses w/me. As he shared the storm he was going thru when God gave him the verses, he grabbed his Bible and started looking for the verses...he was steering w/his knees...NO WAY! "Put that Bible down and hold onto the wheel" I said w/a frantic tone! He did-Whew~
After we got back to Georgia, I looked up the verses. 2PETER 2 10-19
Peter is talking about false prophets, people, un-perfect people, just like you & me. (v10) Ones who indulge the flesh desires. People who speak w/o understanding...those who despise authority. (v13) those who count deception as pleasure, even in the daylight hours.
v15) they who have forsaken the right way and gone astray. (v18-19) They speak bombastic empty words & seduce b/c they have fleshly desires. They promise freedom but they are slaves to corruption.
THEN THE LAST PART OF V19...Since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.
This really hit home to me. Peter is saying, at least to me, that I will be enslaved to WHATEVER is defeating me. WHATEVER is a huge word.
Whatever means....relationships w/family, church, money issues, health, just to name a few.
Whatever...is the storms that blow into our lives from time to time holding us down. BUT Peter said that IF we allow that to hold us down we are no longer free!
God gave these verses to Billie when they were in Oklahoma, dealing w/a bad storm w/their pastor. And now I can see how these words sustained him and Shana. And they are helping me now.
The good news....2Peter 3:9..for the Lord is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. Praise the Lord! Joy!
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