Endure

2 Timothy 2:11-13

¹¹The saying is trustworthy, for:

If we have died with him, we will also live with him; ¹² if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; ¹³ if we are faithless, he remains faithful—

for he cannot deny himself.

I just read through 2 Timothy and that is a powerful book. In every chapter Paul enforces that we are to endure for the sake of the gospel. He talks a lot about suffering and remembering Christ. It's so refreshing and something we need to focus on. Like Francis Chan says we all have spiritual amnesia and it is so nice to remember. Paul is writing to Timothy and charging him in the presence of God to be an evangelist. I don't think Timothy is going to forget about Jesus. But that's not the point. The point is to endure, to pursue righteousness, and to above all remember Jesus and rejoice in His eternal glory. There is so much that sticks out in this book in the Bible, but I've really just been feeling the need for strength to endure lately. This race we are in is not a sprint, but a marathon and we are going to need the strength of the Holy Spirit to see it all the way through. I definitely encourage you all to read through this short book and to remember that we need to pray for strength through the Holy Spirit so that we can be a good soldier of Christ Jesus. Let our aim be to glorify God by rejoicing in His love and sharing it with our neighbors.

2 Timothy 2:4

⁴No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.