[The Glory Unveiled]
and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. [ 2 Timothy 2:2 NIV ]
The gospel is not a dead message or a static idea; it is living, active, and on the move. It is a locomotive, carrying truth from one life to another, pressing forward with the expectation that those who hear it will begin to look like what they have heard. The gospel is meant to be transferred, embodied, and reproduced. When the apostle Paul instructs Timothy, he tells him to pass on the message he heard from Paul to others. But Paul is careful to qualify the kind of people who should carry this sacred trust. He says they must be faithful. Not merely gifted. Not merely articulate. Faithful. This aligns with the clear demand of Scripture: “Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2). In the economy of God, faithfulness is not optional; it is essential. It is not enough to know the Word of the Lord well. The gospel must be entrusted to people who are committed enough to carry it carefully and courageous enough to pass it on faithfully to others. But here is the truth: you can only give what you truly have. You cannot distribute what has not first become your inheritance. You cannot pour out what has not first been poured into you. To be qualified to teach the Word to others, the Word must first live in you—not merely as information in your head, but as life in your spirit and light in your soul. Unless the Word of God is shut up in your bones and marrow, it will never flow with power from your lips. Head knowledge may impress, but only lived truth transforms. Before we go out to tell others about Jesus, we must first know Jesus for ourselves. And then, from the depth of that encounter and the richness of that relationship, we give to others—not secondhand truth, but living testimony. What flows out of us will always be shaped by what has first taken root within us.
Prayer_Bead: Father, thank you for your word in me as light and life.
Wisdom_Quote: One can only give what they have.
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