By Paul Chappell
"When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in
thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I
am persuaded that in thee also. Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou
stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind."
2 Timothy 1:5-7
I heard about a dad who took his son on a fishing trip to a
nearby river. They caught a couple of fish early in the morning, but the fish
stopped biting. When they were done they didn’t have enough fish for a meal, so
they released the ones they had caught back into the water. "Will they be
okay?" the boy asked his dad. "They’ll be fine," the father
replied. "Any dead fish can go downriver, but when we put those fish in
the water they swam upstream."
We live in a culture that is filled with negative influences,
but ours is hardly the first generation with that experience. I think of a
young man who grew up in a home without a Christian father, but with a godly
mother and a godly grandmother; and this young man became a major influence for
the cause of Jesus Christ in the first century. His name was Timothy. How did a
little boy from the city of Lystra
Paul tells us that Timothy had a real, living faith in his
heart. He had more than just a profession of faith; he had an active faith.
This faith equipped a young man to rise up and go against the tide of the world
around him. God has given us the Spirit of power that allows us to overcome the
world through faith.
Today's Rooted Principle:
Stand strong in your faith today, and swim against the current
of the world.
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