Even the Lions

Wednesday October 27^th, 2^nd Timothy 4:  ¹⁶At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. ¹⁷But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth. ¹⁸The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.  Do you ever feel sometimes like you are all alone?  Well you are not alone, Paul was right there with you.  Sometimes, even when you are doing the right thing, you can feel pretty out there and alone, most of your “friends” having taken the easy road more traveled.  If you are doing the right thing however (right thing in God’s eyes, not just your justification) you are not alone.  God has promised to be with you just as God was with Paul.  So, step one, check with your friends and the Bible, and if your friends and the Bible do not agree, check again but lean toward the Bible.  Step two, check the Bible with the Bible, don’t depend on a phrase or two but how does that work out for caring for the least, lost and lonely, and loving the Lord with all your heart soul and mind and your neighbor (God’s definition of neighbor) as yourself? Then and only then, trust the Bible and go for it..  Sometimes, but not always, even the lions are kept away.