Verse of the Day
“What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with
faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was
entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives
in us.”- 2 Timothy 1:13-14
Paul was giving Timothy some very important instructions before he
released him with major responsibilities in ministry. He was telling young
Timothy to be confident in what he knew and seal it by his faith
and love in Jesus Christ. What Paul says here is that there was a pattern of
sound teaching which means that Timothy went through a process where he received the word of God from someone who has very sound doctrine and it included several conversations about his life in Christ and what he should do and how he should live. Timothy staying mindful of his teachings will allow him to also be a great leader and live a life worthy of being imitated. Throughout Timothy’s preparation he has been on a continuous learning curve with the word and when you receive the word it is not just for you to keep to yourself we should be like Jeremiah, weary of holding it in.
Paul makes it clear that God has made a major deposit in Timothy and
the truth is He has done the same for us and we all have to guard
that deposit the God trusted us with, and we have to guard it with
our lives. The comfort in this is that we don’t have to worry about
doing it by ourselves because the Holy Spirit is going to help us. As a
matter of fact the Holy Spirit is a deposit from the Lord guaranteeing our
inheritance and we are sealed in Him until the day of redemption so that help is with us always.
I pray that you all are at a Bible based church getting fed the
infallible word of God. I encourage you like Paul to continue your
journey of drawing closer to God and hide His word in your hearts so
that you won’t sin against Him. Know that you do have help and the
help is in the Power of the Holy Spirit who dwells in all of us.
God Bless
Jesse R. Watson Jr.