Please read 2 Timothy 1.
Meditate on verse 7.
God has
not given us a spirit of timidity,
but of
power and love and discipline.
Paul’s first
letter to Timothy was filled with instructions for leading the church in
Ephesus. A few years passed since Timothy received that letter; now Paul’s beloved
son in the faith needed a letter of personal encouragement.
Even a
faithful bond-servant of Christ gets discouraged at times. So although Paul was
close to death, imprisoned as a criminal in Rome because of Jesus, and rejected
by many of his friends, he wrote this letter to exhort and encourage Timothy.
There are at
least 30 exhortations from Paul to Timothy in this letter, commands to be
strong and diligent, to remember Jesus, to do certain things and to avoid doing
other things. They are wise words from a concerned spiritual father, and they
are words from a loving Heavenly Father to you.
No matter
what is happening to you right now, remember God has saved you and given you a
holy calling for His purposes (2 Timothy 1:9). Read this letter in its entirety,
as if it were a letter written personally to you, because it truly is. Be
encouraged by your LORD, today.
Pray 2
Timothy 1:6-9 and 14 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a
faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, help _______
and me to kindle
afresh Your gift within us.
Thank You
for not giving us a spirit of timidity,
but of
power and love and discipline.
Let us
not be ashamed of Your testimony, LORD.
Let us
not forget that You have saved us
and called us with a holy calling,
not
according to our works,
but according to Your own purpose
and grace
which was granted us in You, Christ
Jesus, from all eternity.
Holy Spirit, who dwells in us,
guard the
treasure which has been entrusted to us.
Because of Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN
on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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