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What Are You Waiting For? Do the Hard Work!
Yenny Kartika Official Writer
11921 Timothy 6:12
Fight the
good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called
and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Bible Reading for a Year [bible]psalm2[/bible]; [bible]matth2[/bible];
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After living
more than 80 years, I know that any claim that offers an effortless way to
develop a lean, well-conditioned body is a hoax. So is any sermon title that
promises an easy way to become like Christ.
Author
Brennan Manning tells of an alcoholic who asked his minister to pray over him
to be delivered from his drinking problem. He thought this would be a quick and
easy way to overcome his addiction. Recognizing his motive in asking for
prayer, the minister replied, “I’ve got a better idea. Go to Alcoholics
Anonymous.” He counseled the man to follow the program diligently and read his
Bible daily. “In other words,” the minister concluded, “do the hard work.”
Do the hard
work—that’s what Paul was saying to Timothy when he told him how he should
order his life so he could teach believers how they should live. Notice the
action verbs: “Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life” (1 Timothy
6:11-12).
Just as
there is no easy path to being delivered from alcoholism, so too, there is no
effort-free route to Christlikeness. If we really want to become like Jesus, we
must keep on doing the hard work.
Conversion is the miracle of a
moment; becoming like Christ is the work of a lifetime.
