Mar 26 - 2 Timothy 2:19

God's solid foundation stands firm,

sealed with this inscription:

"The Lord knows those who are his."

2 Timothy 2:19

At Spirit of Joy we have the bible memory and evangelism program for our kids. It’s called AWANA. It stands for “Approved Workers Are Not Ashamed.” That phrase – 2 Tim 2:15 – comes just a few sentences before today’s verse.

Part of AWANA is the call to unashamedly “14 remind” our broken world of the “8 Gospel [of] Jesus Christ, raised from the dead” and “19 God’s solid foundation [which] stands firm.” Therefore, Janie Owens and her crew teach our kids to be unashamed workers.

Are you an unashamed worker?

There’s two ways to be ashamed. The first is to never really witness.

The second was occurring in Timothy’s community. Paul was telling them in this letter that the false “talk [of] Hymenaeus and Philetus [was] spread[ing] like gangrene.” These had “18 swerved from the truth,” and were apparently causing others to swerve from the true life promised through the Gospel.

I hear Paul implying, “Hymenaeus and Philetus may think they are doing God’s will and are his ’15 approved workmen,’ but ’19 the Lord knows who are his.’”

I don’t know about you, but on “19 God’s solid foundation” I want to “stand[ forever] firm.” And that “stand” must begin now by not being ashamed.

In Christ’s Love,

George Custer

(even if the world thinks

my stand might lead in total defeat,

God raised another man whom they thought

died in total defeat … Jesus Christ)