Personal Devotions
Notes from Mark's personal Bible reading and meditation
With a goal to apply one truth from each day's reading to my life that day
Nov 1, 2024, 7:21 AM
Passage Read: 2 Timothy 3-4
Meditation Verses: 4:17-18
Thought
After all Paul has been through in his service to Jesus Christ, after all he has experienced of Jesus, he continues to preach the Gospel even while on trial for his life. He senses that the end for him is near. All his friends and disciples have deserted him or gone elsewhere on other tasks. He is alone, but he doesn't falter in his faith. The Gospel is not something he heard from someone else or only studied in books.
Oct 31, 2024, 6:58 AM
Passage Read: 2 Timothy 1-2
Meditation Verses: 2:3-5
Thought
Paul is again imprisoned, possibly for the last time, yet he doesn't hesitate to call Timothy to suffer with him, like a good soldier of Christ. He is not afraid to call Timothy to care more for the Gospel and the salvation of others than for his own comfort, freedom and even life. The truth of salvation is so clear to him and the glory and honor of Jesus Christ so precious to him and the concern for the lost and the saved so heavy on him, that he thinks little of suffering to make sure Jesus is praised everywhere and believers kept on track, and even likewise challenged to surrender their lives for the sake of Christ and those who have yet to hear of Him.