An intimate revelation of this God... 2 Tim 1:12

 

An intimate revelation of this God....

I haven't updated this blog in a long time. 

I had this post come up on my memories and thought it was worth sharing.

I wrote this in Jan 2020 before Covid, before the loss of my Daddy.

But at a point in my life that I had seen some struggles and fought some battles.

I've learned that life will bring unwanted trials and tribulations but this "intimate revelation" of Christ is more than enough to carry me through them all.

2 Timothy 1:12 TPT

The confidence of my calling enables me to overcome every difficulty without shame, for I have an intimate revelation of this God. And my faith in him convinces me that he is more than able to keep all that I’ve placed in his hands safe and secure until the fullness of his appearing.

 I can’t get away from this verse! We have been studying the life of Paul for most of 2019 in our Sunday School. We ended yesterday with his final letter to Timothy. Paul is nearing the end of his life, he is chained in a Roman prison with the imminent threat of death at the hands of Nero all around. Most everyone has deserted him, he is close to 60 years old, cold, lonely and probably in physical pain and discomfort. And these are some of his words that he pens to his spiritual son Timothy!

Paul suffered in ways most of us can never imagine and yet he never lost sight of his calling. How? Because he never lost sight of his Savior!

Paul didn’t just teach or talk about abiding in Christ. He lived abiding in Christ.

“I have an intimate revelation of this God.”

“I know whom I have believed!”

Paul has come to know a God who is absolutely dependable in any circumstance!

Paul's knowledge of this God did not come from theology or other people or a denomination. It came solely from a close, unbroken relationship with God, from his own life experiences with this wonderful Savior! From Damascus Road to a Roman jail cell, Paul had permanently put his trust and confidence in Christ Jesus and still trusted Him even as the shadow of death loomed over him. This speaks of Paul's trust as permanent and abiding.

Lets look at “he is more than able to keep all that I’ve placed in his hands safe and secure”

The Greek is literally, "that he is able to guard my deposit.”

Martin Luther said  “I have had many things in my hands and have lost them all. But whatever I have been able to place in God's hands I still possess.”

“Trusting Christ as your Savior means getting on board and putting your full weight down on Him. You let go of any notion that you can do anything to save yourself. You abandon any trust in your good works. You rely on Christ and His shed blood as the only acceptable payment for your sins. That is the starting point of banking with God.”

Trusting Christ means that you trust that He is good and that He knows what is best for your life. You hand him the blank check of your life and trust Him to fill in the details.

 My question yesterday was “What have you fully entrusted to Jesus?” but I think the better question might be “What have you NOT fully entrusted to Jesus?”

Have you given Him your health, your finances, your future, your family? Or are you holding back from fully trusting Him?

This Christian life cannot be less than “ALL IN!”

The truth is I’ve seen this Jesus dimly, in part, and yet  I KNOW that He is worthy of it ALL!

So in 2023 let’s pledge to fully trust HIM! To put our full weight on Him and His goodness!