2Timothy 1:5-7
5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt
first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure,
dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of
God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear
but of power and love and self-control. [1]
I ran across this scripture
passage this morning as I was reading my email. It started me to thinking (I know ‘m working
with tools here) that the reason some followers of Christ faith begins to wane;
is we forget or don’t know the gifting God has given us. We then spend huge
amounts of energy trying to do things we are not gifted or equipped to do. We
do these things many times because someone told us we should do them or we see
some ministry that is doing well and we fall into the trap of trying to
minister or serve like _________. When what we really need to do if STOP and ask
God to fan into a FLAME the gifts he has given us. We also need not be ashamed
of the gifts that God has given us. Because God does not give needless gifts to
his people, if each one of us will ask God to stir up the gift he has given us
then faithfully use that gift the entire body of Christ will be blessed and strengthen.
We also need remember that some of the greatest ministry takes place when no
one is looking or it seems like it not that important.
One more thing that
stood out to me in this passage is the fact Paul tells us what God DID NOT give
us, The spirit of fear. But he
gave us the gift of Power (to live daily for him) love( the ability to love
him, ourselves and our fellow man) and self-control ( the ability to control
our life.) When we realize the ability
to control our own desire weather they are good or bad rest within us, that’s when
real victory comes. When we buy in to the lie that our desires cannot be controlled,
the enemy keeps us bound in sick bodies, sick relationships, and sick habits,
each of these things were created by satan to fool us in to destroying
ourselves. So I invite you to take a
hold of this truth from God’s Word and begin to break free of those things that
the enemy tells you have no control over in your own body.
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