Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from Titus 1:1-4.

 

“Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

 

To Titus, my true child in a common faith:  Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.”  Titus 1:1-4. 

 

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We know some of the things that Paul did.

What have we done “for the faith of those chosen of God”?

What have we done for their “knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness”?

What have we done “in the hope of eternal life”?

Hopefully, these questions turn us to God and that we seek to discover our spiritual gifts and to discover what work God is doing in our own lives for these things.  

Hopefully, we then kindle afresh the gifts of God within us and walk in the good works that God prepared for us to do “for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, in the hope of eternal life”.    

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”  Ephesians 2:10.

“for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.”  Philippians 2:13.

“For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.  For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.  Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,”  2 Timothy 1:6-9.

Like Paul, we do and “endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen”.

 

In conclusion, may this following blessing at the conclusion of today’s Scripture, like all blessings, cause us as needy children to raise our arms and open our hands to receive God’s blessings for our own sakes and for the sakes of those “chosen of God” to whom we minister.

                               

To all true children in a common faith:  “Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.”