”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.“
Paul wrote these letters to Timothy while he was in prison. So in a very dark time where he was literally bound in chains, the confidence he had in his calling enabled him to overcome every difficulty without shame. This is why it is so important that we not only know the Lord and have an intimate ongoing relationship with Him, but we must understand and live in the calling He has placed on our lives. Because when difficulties come to us in that position, in that role, we need to be assured beyond the shadow of a doubt that He has called us there. He has placed us there. And He will ensure the work succeeds even when our circumstances make it so that we seem helpless to move it forward.
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