Reign

This week we begin worship with:

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Before the game, at half-time, and during the last-minute time-outs just before the whistle is blown, the coach rallies the team.  This verse comes from one of those last-minute timeouts as Paul challenges Timothy with the images of a soldier, an athlete, and a farmer (2 Timothy 2:1-13), all the time knowing this may be his last season.  He concludes with:

2 Timothy 2:11-13

The saying is trustworthy, for:

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;

if we endure, we will also reign with him;

if we deny him, he also will deny us;

if we are faithless, he remains faithful—

for he cannot deny himself.

What Paul endured, what he is asking Timothy to endure, will not lead to a loss!  Go team.