May 19 Ep 2193 The Dangers of Itching Ears

So I want to read 2 Timothy 4:1-5 It says "I solemnly urge you in the presence of God in Christ Jesus, who will someday judge the living and the day when he comes to set up His kingdom. Preach the word of God. Be prepared whether the time is favorable or not patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching. For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after minutes. But you should keep a clear mind in every situation. Don't be afraid of suffering for the Lord, work at telling others the good news, and fully carry out the ministry God has given you." So the danger of itchy ears. In the backdrop of this scripture, what I wanted us to get out of this and how it ties to us living in the parameters of grace, understanding, and exposing what that looks like. My goal is to help equip us to be able to make corrections in our lives a lot sooner. It's not about us getting to a place of perfection.  Because our true dependency comes to us needing to trust God to perfect and work in us through the Holy Spirit, our outer appearances or character that displays it is not to our might, or our power for which this is to work. So itching ears when I looked at in the physical is described as a nervous habit, a fungal infection, or the beginning of an infection. Sometimes with people with allergies, they complain of itchy ears, but it's also sometimes related to some type of skin disease like psoriasis. What I took out of that understanding was three factors, nervous habits, an infection, and a disease.  When we understand itchy ears from a spiritual standpoint, and what that looks like in our lives, our daily living, we can have nervous tendencies, that causes us to flutter in decisions and our choices in our behaviors and activities, things where we're supposed to be solid and firm. Sometimes we're rather nervous. That nervousness doesn't really show up externally is usually a feeling if you like me, inside of us. There's an unsettled or an uneasiness about something when we should be truly rooted and living within grace, knowing that whatever we face, we have what we need at the moment to address it. +++++++++ Wisdom Inspired is a podcast designed to help High Achievers jump-start the day with the fuel needed to help propel you to keep moving forward. Wisdom Inspired is sponsored by the AAC coworking community. A Faith-Based VIRTUAL CoWorking & Collaboration Community for High Achieving female entrepreneurs, For more about our virtual coworking and collaborating community and how you can benefit from the resources and transformational coaching and community, send an email to [email protected] #WisdomInspired #WisdomInspiredPodcast #WisdomInspiredSuccessCall