By: Inday Borromeo
In 2 Timothy 1:1-18 & 2:1-26, Paul urged Timothy to remain faithful and strong in the circumstances that may happen.
How can we remain Faithful and Strong all the time?
First and foremost let us not forget that coming before God for our personal prayer is our manifestation that we are faithful to our covenant with Him. God desires to have an intimate relationship with His people and we can respond to His desires by coming before Him regularly. We all knew prayer is just a conversation between God and ourselves. It is where we feel deep in our hearts that God is so much alive. Secondly, remaining faithful to the status of life God has called each and everyone of us, whether you are married or single, we have the responsibility to remain faithful to such a call.
God has given everyone with such abundant gifts so that we can be able to proclaim His kingdom here on earth. 1 Cor.12: 4-11 enumerated all these gifts. Let us be faithful to these gifts God has given us. We can even use these gifts to be strong in bringing others closer to God, gifts such as teaching, healing, as a prophet, a lot more and be able to endure any hardships along the way by proclaiming the good news. Sometimes God allows pains and sufferings in our lives, but it is just part of trials of how far we will be faithful to our covenant with Him. Shall we easily falter our faith because of these trials? Of course not. It is even a challenge to us to remain faithful and strong in all circumstances.
Speaking of challenges, we Christians are not spared of it. We are challenged to depend the words of God vis-a-vis the issues our country is facing at present, such as an issue on abortion, divorce, use of artificial contraceptives and many more. How shall we respond to these challenges? We just all remember our covenant with our Almighty God. Our daily task and responsibilities are our way of sharing the life of Jesus to others. No pretense, no selfishness, only the joy of doing it.
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