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Friday... Yes, we are too!


Friday... Yes, we are too!

Now Paul writes two letters to young Timothy and he starts this second letter this way. He says in verses 1 & 2 (MSG) of chapter 1 of his second letter to Timothy, "I, Paul, am on special assignment for Christ, carrying on God's plan laid out in the Message of life by Jesus. I write this to you, Timothy, the son I love so much. All the best from our God and Christ be yours!"

Do you know what his special assignment was? Between these two letters he wrote to Timothy, Paul was put in prison and he didn't look at it like a horrible thing to happen to him, he saw it as a special assignment from God. It wasn't how he thought his life was going to happen but when it did, he saw it in a different way than what so many do when they head into trouble such as you may be headed into. What a difference it would make if we saw it as a special assignment from God. 

The Amplified Bible says it this way, "Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed) by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace [inner calm and special well-being] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord."

Paul was a living example, a personally chosen representative of Christ Jesus and he was on a special assignment that just so happened to be in prison. And God knew what he was doing. God wanted Paul to write a big portion of the New Testament and prison was the best place for this highly energized man to do it. 

God knows what he is doing and he is looking for people who will do what he wants. He might not takes us out of those situations that we may think are way off from what we think they should be but he will give grace, mercy and peace [inner calm and special well-being] in the midst of his special assignment for us. 

A great way for us to look at what we are going through as a Christ follower is that we are on special assignment by God to show how to handle the life we are living. Yes, living for God makes all the difference in how we handle life. Yes, we too are on a special assignment from God and he will give us grace, mercy and peace [inner calm and special well-being] as we go through it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 



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