2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

2 Timothy 4:2

Paul’s last letter written before he was executed for his faith was this letter to his favorite disciple, Timothy, who was pastoring the church in Ephesus at the time. His words of encouragement, his life of hope and faith, and his accomplishments will stir your heart as you read it.

One thing he continued to hammer home to Timothy was the need to preach God’s Word! To seek to convince the hearer to follow the Lord and His ways. After 40-plus years in ministry, I find that same need to rally the troops constantly. To call on the church to get busy preaching God’s Word, to be in the harvest field laboring for Him, to be fishers of men, to love the lost as our Lord does, and pray daily for the salvation of the lost. To be as Paul writes here, ready in season and out of season, meaning when it is easy and when it is extremely difficult. I want to encourage you today: get out there and tell someone about Jesus and His great love!

Shout it from the rooftops!

Pastor Jack Abeelen