“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22).
He was pretty rough around the edges, so to speak. Sitting in the study of Pastor Kenward, Scott shared with the pastor, “What an amazing change has come over me, Pastor K. Before I asked Jesus to be my Savior, I was in bar fights, fights in the alleys, fights wherever I went. But almost immediately the Son of God took away my wanting to fight. What’s come over me?” he asked his pastor. “Well, Scott, you may not know this, but you are already starting to manifest the new life with God’s expectations and enablement.” Reading 2 Timothy 2:22 to him, the kind pastor had a sweet time explaining to this new convert about the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and the working of the Lord to him. How about you? How is this playing out in your life today?
For today: I need to ask the Lord to enable me to live for Him today. How about you?