BE A TIMOTHY: FOR AN INFORMED CHILD – MAKES AN INFORMED FAMILY – THAT MAKES INFORMED HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY!
“I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with PURE CONSCIENCE, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; [4] greatly desiring to see thee, being MINDFUL of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; [5] 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” 2 Timothy 1:3-5.
Knowledge may not be APPRECIATED until you are a VICTIM of IGNORANCE, STUPIDITY and FOOOLISHNESS – Therefore, EDUCATE your MIND – BE INFORMED by INFORMED MIND – Otherwise FOOLS will SCHOOL you with ignorance, stupidity and foolishness. And the cost of the lack of knowledge and understanding are beyond measures.
IT’S FAR BETTER TO BE EDUCATED THAN TO BE SCHOOLED. THEREFORE, EDUCAT YOUR MIND AS JESUS DID.
“After three days they found Him [came upon Him] in the [court of the] temple, SITTING among the TEACHERS, LISTENING to them and ASKING them QUESTIONS. [47] And all who heard Him were astonished and overwhelmed with bewildered wonder at His INTELLIGENCE and UNDERSTANDING and His replies. [52] And Jesus increased in WISDOM (in broad and FULL UNDERSTANDING) and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man” Luke 1:46-47, 52/Amplified Classic Edition.
Don’t wait to be schooled. Make an intentional and pragmatic decision to have you educated by all means in order to be properly informed in your mind so that you can make an informed decision. That’s what Apostle was able to make the young Timothy realised. Be a learned person in matters that you know will define your path of purpose especially; for ignorance, foolishness and stupidity is very expensive – don’t make any or such like your friends or next-door neighbour. Be as Timothy! Be Educated. Don’t wait to be Schooled.
“But CONTINUE thou in the things which thou hast LEARNED and hast been ASSURED of, knowing of WHOM thou hast LEARNED THEM; 15 and that from a CHILD thou hast known the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are ABLE to MAKE thee WISE unto SALVATION through FAITH which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of God, and is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be PERFECT (MATURE, WHOLE, COMPLETE), throughly FURNISHED unto ALL good works” 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Emphasis Mine.
Therefore, DARE to be a TIMOTHY – DARE to be INFORMED. For INFORMED people makes an INFORMED leaders that makes INFORMED leadership and INFORMED choices. Be one of them for your well-being and that of others, especially those you care about in life and grace.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which BELIEVED on him, If ye CONTINUE IN MY WORD, then are ye my DISCIPLES indeed; 32 and ye shall KNOW THE TRUTH, and THE TRUTH shall MAKE you FREE” John 8:31-32.
“But CONTINUE thou in the things which thou hast LEARNED and hast been ASSURED of, knowing of WHOM thou hast LEARNED THEM; 15 and that from a CHILD thou hast known the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are ABLE to MAKE thee WISE unto SALVATION through FAITH which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of God, and is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be PERFECT (MATURE, WHOLE, COMPLETE), throughly FURNISHED unto ALL good works” 2 Timothy 3:14-17/Emphasis Mine.
“Till I come, give ATTENDANCE to READING, to exhortation, to doctrine” 1 Timothy 4:13.
“Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they FOUND him in the temple, SITTING in the midst of the DOCTORS, both HEARING them, and ASKING them QUESTIONS . . .52 And Jesus INCREASED in WISDOM and STATURE, and in FAVOUR with God and man” Luke 2:41-52.
“STUDY to shew thyself APPROVED unto God, a workman that NEEDETH not to be ASHAMED, rightly DIVIDING (APPLYING) the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15 (Emphasis Mine).
REV. CHUKIE MORSI