2 Peter 2:15-16: What Will It Take to Listen?

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2 Peter 2:15-16 | What Will It Take to Listen? Coach C reads today’s Family Wins Devotional. Episode 79.

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Today’s Family Wins devotional reflects on 2 Peter 2:15-16 — “They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey.”

Listening to a talking animal may seem very curious. But in Balaam’s case, God used the donkey to show how Balaam’s rebelliousness had blinded his eyes and stopped his ears to the angel of the Lord (Numbers 22:28-31). Though talking animals are seldom encountered, the reason for Balaam’s rebellion is as common now as it was then. Matthew Henry’s insight reveals it. The inordinate love of this world turns people out of the way which leads to the unspeakably better things of another life. The love of riches and honor turned Balaam away from duty, although he knew the way that he took displeased the Lord. Hardened sinners sometimes meet with rebukes for their iniquity. God stops them in their way and opens the mouth of conscience, or by some startling circumstance confronts them. Though some extraordinary rebuke may for a little while cool men’s courage and hinder their violent progress in the way of sin, it will not make them forsake the way of iniquity and go over into the way of holiness. Those who will not yield to usual methods of reproof will be but little influenced by miraculous appearances to turn from their sinful course. If you’re not listening to God’s Word, don’t be surprised if His “gentle whisper” (1 Kings 19:12) becomes loud and painfully clear through some out-of-the-ordinary circumstance. But even then, there’s no guarantee you’ll get the message. As Abraham warned the rich man, “They will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead” (Luke 16:31). It is dangerous to grow hard of hearing toward the things of God. What does it take for you to hear and heed God’s Word?

After you listen, go back and read 2 Peter 2:13-22 for yourself — open your devotional to page 842, pull up the app, or grab your free copy at mindwolves.com/tfw. Let God speak to you directly, in your own time, in your own home.

A godly husband isn’t made in a day. Neither is a godly wife, a godly father, or a godly mother. They’re made in moments like this one — one verse, one choice, one day at a time.

So start your day in God’s Word. A family that is in the Word daily wins, and I’ll bet on that family.

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Grace and peace to you and your home.

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