As we open to 2 Peter 3, we are opening into a final session Peter had with the growing churches he had poured his life into. They were now scattered across the heart of the Roman Empire.
They were facing both fiery trials, and glittering allurements. They were torn between: loyalty to Christ and painful persecutions, or floating along with the world and its endless pursuits of pleasure and possessions.
Peter’s congregation sounds eerily similar to the church in America, of the 21st Century.
Are You Floating or Fighting?
We either stop floating along with the crowd that lives for the weekend sports, the weekend parties, the weekend fun, and live every day as sacred for Christ: and suffer.
Or, we just float along with the world as believers; and enjoy, as much as we can, the best of both worlds.
Are you floating along in the river of materialism today? Or are you fighting against its control of your heart, mind, and will? That is the proof of who we really serve.
We try to stay focused on the Lord, especially on Sundays, but so much of our life is consumed with things, activities, and pursuits: that it is very hard to focus on God. Jesus said how hard it is to follow His path. Peter agrees:
Godly Living is a Struggle