Thursday – Letters

Reading – 1 Timothy 1

Highlight Verse:

“The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.”
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I would have thought that Paul would have said that his purpose was to evangelize the world or something like that.

But then I read it again and he says that this is the purpose of his instruction.

I get it.

I’ve always been one of those teacher types.

I’ve trained other techs for many years.

I’ve taught children and youth at church since I was a youth myself.

But I have to stay on guard against teaching others so that I feel good about myself.

I’m not saying that people shouldn’t feel good about themselves, but that shouldn’t be the main purpose.

I’ve said before that I do this so that I would be held accountable to study the Bible for myself.

The truth is the main reason I do this daily writing is so that people would come to a better understanding of the relevance of God’s Word and would be empowered to put it into practice in their lives.

In today’s highlight verse, Paul makes it clear to his successor in training, Timothy that he wants to see the love of God in action among the believers.

Like it or not, we are all teachers with what we say or do.

So shouldn’t we do what we do with a purpose in mind?

What is it that you want other to learn from you?
What are the other main purposes in your life?