2 Timothy 1-2~ Day 90- Keep the main thing, the main thing.
It's thought that this 2nd letter to Timothy was written while Paul was doing his second stent in prison, which led to his execution. It makes me choke up thinking about Timothy reading this final letter from his mentor. I can only imagine he must have been hanging on every word! Just when we can get overwhelmed with emotion for any multiple reasons, loss of a loved one, getting caught up in false teaching, dealing with rejection because of our faith, it is so good to read some of the last encouraging words Paul gave to his disciple and to us! Paul reminded Timothy, " Keep the main thing, the main thing! " And what is the main thing, you may be asking? "Remember, Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David." (2:8) That's it!! That's Paul's gospel. This is what he "hung his hat on" as being the good news. It's in this fact that we "obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus." (2:10) So, when in grie