2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22
In the chapter of being a vessel, a life for honor (2 Timothy 2:20-21), Paul encourages Timothy with one negative and four positive injunctions. They can be summed up clearly by saying: run for your life from sin and temptations, but run after, or pursue, righteousness (what God accepts and counts as right), faith (dependence upon God and His Word), love (agape love or God’s love placed in us by the Holy Spirit) and peace (a life that does not engender strife or uncertainty). What are you running from today and what are you running after? God would have you be useful to Him by running well!
Running in the right direction,
Pastor Jack Abeelen