Feb 24 - 2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best

to present yourself to God

as one approved by him,

a worker who has no need

to be ashamed,

rightly explaining

the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15

My first job was in fast food. They called me "Fast Eddie." They were being sarcastic. I was a deliberate thinker more than a speedy doer. After the Christmas rush, it was a good time to down-size "Slow Edward."

Paul calls us to be good workers for the kingdom. And it has nothing to do with speed. Rather, there a two powerful, positive characteristics of honorable work in the kingdom.

• First, we are to base our lives on "the word of truth." Workers in the kingdom, says Paul, are to rightly explain the word of truth. That means that we are called to understand it ... and then apply it ... and then teach it to others.
• Second, good workers in the kingdom are to live honorably -- which means living without shame and being ashamed. A moment ago, I said we are to apply the word then teach it. More accurately, "applying the word through the way we live" means that we are naturally "teaching the word through the witness of our daily lives."

"Fast Eddie" wasn't good at fast food. But life is more than chicken sandwiches. I'd rather be "Honorable Ed." I'd rather witness to the word of truth.

In Christ's Love,

a guy who's best job in fast food

would probably be wearing

the chicken suit and

standing on the corner

as a living billboard