Wednesday
Read 1 Timothy 1:12-17
12 I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has
given me strength for my work. I thank him for considering me worthy and
appointing me to serve him, 13even though in the past I spoke evil
of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I
did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing. 14And
our Lord poured out his abundant grace on me and gave me the faith and love
which are ours in union with Christ Jesus. 15This is a true saying,
to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners. I am the worst of them, 16but God was merciful to me
in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the
worst of sinners, as an example for all those who would later believe in him
and receive eternal life. 17To the eternal King, immortal and
invisible, the only God—to him be honour and glory for ever and ever! Amen.
Think
Good news! Having been confronted
by Psalm 14 and Jeremiah 4 we can be comforted by the promise of God's mercy in
1 Timothy 1 - Paul testifies:
"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them..."
Note that Paul uses the present tense.
"God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his
full patience in dealing with me..."
Pray
Lord, I am the worst sinner. But
God in your mercy, let Jesus prove your patience in dealing with me, healing
me, transforming me.
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