What is the purpose of your life?
The Apostle Paul envisioned the
interval between the birthing of God’s New Creation, the Resurrection of Jesus,
and the Final Victory over sin and death, when Jesus returns, as being chaotic.
During this period, which Paul did not expect to be a long time, the forces of
evil opposing the New Creation are be making their last, albeit futile, stand. God’s
victory is certain and cannot be stopped. However, its ultimate reality will
come about in God’s time, not ours. Humankind continues to live in this
interval and Paul’s description of people living for themselves has been
observed in every generation. The recent recession brought on by the gluttony
of the financial markets is but one example of what happens when people “only
love themselves and their money.”
The church is not immune from
self-centered people. Paul warns there will be people who “love pleasure
instead of loving God. They will look like they are religious but deny God’s
power.” (3:4-5) What power is Paul referring?
The answer is in verse 16 where
Paul writes that “all Scripture is inspired by God.” The word translated ‘inspired’
comes from a Latin word that means, ‘in-breathed.’ The Bible was written by
people who had their lives shaped by God, and as God worked through their
lives, God is now working through our life as we read their words.
What is the purpose of your life?
God’s purpose for our life is that we would be transformed to become like
Jesus. (Romans 8:28-29) Paul is teaching us that our transformation will come
through the Word of God becoming alive in us.
What word or phrase
in these verses
attracts your
attention?
Reflect on that word
or phrase.
What insights come to
you?
How does this passage
touch your life today?
Reading for. 18-Apr-12 2 Tim. 4:1-22
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