Daily Devotions
May 17th, 2021 by Pastor Solley2 Tim 1:12-14 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
KJV
Continuing some thoughts from yesterday. What are some of the things that Paul committed to the care of Jesus beside his eternal salvation? His health for one. Paul was not in good health. Three times in three seasons of prayer Paul sought a healing from the Lord and the answer came back no. We can’t be sure what his thorn in the flesh was, most believe it was something that took his sight. It would have been easier for Paul to stop traveling around, to stay at home and take care of himself, to try and keep vision as long as possible. But Paul kept on for the Lord and he was able to do that because he committed his health into the hands of the Lord. We need do that as well today and that does not mean we will never get sick, never be ill, be protected from everything, Paul certainly wasn’t. Eventually Paul died as we all will. But what of the time we have right now? Should we stop living and serving the Lord? Or should we commit all things, even our health to the Lord? I remember the last ten years of my mother’s life as she battled cancer and how she served the Lord through that time, the lives she touched with her testimony for the Lord. She never asked for cancer but she never stopped serving the Lord. Even now as we look at the tings that surround us we need keep going for the Lord, commit our health to the Lord. Yes, we may get sick and we will eventually die, but we will know God is in control.