Wednesday, December 15, 2010

"Approved by God...

"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15

If you cannot express yourself well on each of your beliefs, work and study until you can. If you don't, other people may miss out on the blessings that come from knowing the truth. Strive to re-express a truth of God to yourself clearly and understandably, and God will use that same explanation when you share it with some one else. But you must be willing to go through God's wine press where the grapes are crushed. You must struggle, experiment, and rehearse your words to express God's truth clearly. Then the time will come when that very expression will become God's wine of strength to some one else. But if you are not diligent and say, "I'm not going to study and struggle to express this truth in my own words; I'll just borrow my words from some one else," then the words will be of no value to you or to others. Try to state to yourself what you believe to be the absolute truth of God, and you will be allowing God the opportunity to pass it on through you to someone else.
Always make it a practice to stir your mind thoroughly to think through what you have easily believed. Your position is not really yours until you make yours through suffering and study. The author or speaker from who, you learn the most is not the one who teaches you something you didn't know before, but the one who helps you take a truth with which you have quietly struggled, give it expression, and speak it clearly and boldly.

Sharing your Christian life with others is so important!! Your journey can change others journeys... and ultimately, lead them to God!!

1 comment:

  1. You have great wisdom from God Kaylin...what a blessing you are! Thank you for this very wise post! I enjoyed reading it!

    God Bless...

    Lisa

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