The charge to Timothy applies to all of us. We are men and women of God. This is our identity and our purpose in life. The world will try and mould us into its shape, but we must resist this. Instead we are to make it our goal to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. This is not an easy option, but is a fight, and we are to fight the good fight of faith. So we need to set our minds to do this, we need to have inner resolve. As Peter says, we are to prepare our minds for action.
We are to take hold of the eternal life to which we were called. We too often think of eternal life only in terms of "going to heaven". This is a mistake. Eternal life is not just about everlasting life, but about the quality of life, about the nature of life. And we have been called to a Christlike life. So we are to keep God's commands. This is not about earning our salvation, it is about living the life that Christ gives to us.
Christ will return and fully institute His kingdom, and He will do this in His time. Christ is Lord of All, He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. So in the midst of all sorts of opposition we need to remind ourselves who it is that we serve.
No comments:
Post a Comment