It is difficult to be in leadership. We are faced with problems and challenges, and the tendency is to focus on ourselves and on the pressures put on us by other people. Verse 6 reminds us that we are servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. We need to make sure that we are fed by the truths of the faith and good Biblical teaching, not by circumstances and pressures.
So Paul again warns Timothy to have nothing to do with "godless myths". Instead he is to focus on training himself to be godly. All of us should take this on board. We do not become godly be default or automatically. We need to train ourselves. We all know that if you want to be physically fit you need to take action regarding diet and exercise. Likewise, if we want to be spiritually fit we need to take action.
Godliness is great gain, it will benefit us here and now and in the life to come. Christians have a tendency to either focus on the present or on what happens after death. The Biblical way is to focus on both. We work hard because we have put our hope in Christ Jesus. And He is the saviour of all people. This is not universalism, what it means is that He is the only hope of salvation. If anyone wants to be saved then they must turn to Christ, and if anyone does turn to Christ, then he or she will be saved.
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