Hosanna Restoration Church

Precious truth. This is a precious truth that God has placed in us. He entrusted us with it for a purpose. It is ours so we can live and move and have our being. It is ours so we can reveal and share it. Live it so much and so obviously that people give us opportunities to defend it.

Paul tells Timothy later in this letter that He must remain faithful to the things he had been taught. As we know, this was written to us as well. So, it is always good to take an inventory of how we are doing with the truth.

Since the storms of life can blow things around, I had the opportunity to physically inventory a spiritual lesson recently. Attempting to prepare for the restoration of our garage it became obvious that this would be a good time to throw out a lot of things that were not really useful.

Even though I had seemed to think they might be useful someday, for a lot of days, the time had come. Sometimes we ignore the obvious for so long that it seems like it is too much to bother with. If we are not careful, our life can become so cluttered that we fail to take the time for the important things.

There is just so much to do that out of sight and out of mind takes over. I recently heard from someone that they were going to do a read the bible in a year plan and they were behind for this year. I encouraged them to just go ahead and start. It takes a while to form a habit.

Paul told Timothy that he must remain faithful. We too must remain faithful. We must fight the good fight of faith. It is called a fight because it is a fight. The resistance never takes a break. The enemy may back up as he waits for the next opportunity, but even as he is backed up, he has things swooshing around to distract us and to discourage us.

Have you ever thought that you don’t have anything to say that would benefit anyone? That is just not true. You can ask someone if you can pray for them and do it! You can offer the encouragement that the Lord offers you. You can share what God has done for you. Always be prepared. Holy Spirit is always prepared. You can trust Him.

People are hungrier than we know! We need to remain vigilant. Jesus redeemed us so he could use us to open the door for Him to redeem others. We need to understand this. Every time I think of Jesus telling the disciples to go into all the world and what has been accomplished because they went, I realize what can happen when we do what we are called to do.

We can live full of the joy of the Lord. We can be living testimonies of His amazing grace. Let’s do it!