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June 12 - Don't worry

June 12

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,’ 2 Timothy 3:2-4

They say a week in politics is a long time, just ask some of the 13 conservative MPs who lost their jobs in the snap election held in the UK last week. Seven weeks ago, they had safe constituency seats, believing the promise of their leader, Theresa May, that she would not have a general election. Only to be hung out to dry by a miscalculated gamble which did not pay off, in assuming that the country would giving her a safer majority in the house of commons.

If you are not familiar with politics then what I am writing about will make little sense. However, the bottom line is this; government leaders are no longer doing what they think will be right for their countries, but rather what they think will be right for them. The situation in the United Kingdom has stark similarities with what happened at the polling station in the United States and what is happening in some of the African countries. The polls, along with all of the financial and political experts got it wrong over Brexit, Trump over Clinton and the Conservatives winning the UK election. So, clearly something is happening that is larger than politics.

Our key text states ‘For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God’ The first 7 words of verse 2 sum up the state of politics right now ‘men will be lovers of themselves’. Whilst God Is not in politics, ultimately, he does allow kingdoms to rise and fall just as he did in the days of Belshazzar and Saul. Today’s leaders are no different to those who have walked the earth before thinking that they were infallible because they had position and authority. So as Christians we can take comfort in knowing that despite what it may look like, God is in control.

Andre Crouch sings ‘Through it all.’ Click on the picture to listen.

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