Jeremiah 49: 7-39, Jeremiah 50: 1-10, 2 Timothy 2, Proverbs 8: 12-21
2 Timothy 2: 22-23 (ESV)
“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith,
love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have
nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed
quarrels.”
Paul gives great advice to Timothy in verses 22 and 23 from 2
Timothy 2 on how to cleanse himself. Paul first tells Timothy to cleanse
himself of bad things such youthful passions. I’ve discovered this is such
great advice because I have lately become aware of how childish I am about
eating. I eat like a child, meaning I eat what I want when I want. I eat with the
passion of a child instead of the thoughtfulness of an adult, whose body is
growing older and has different needs. But then Paul says you cannot just give
up bad things because it creates a vacuum in in your life. You must fill that vacuum
with the pursuit of good things like righteousness, faith, love, and peace. Then
Paul also says you need to make you apply these pursuits to your relationships
with people, and make sure your relationship is right with people. Paul then
says we also need to put aside anything that creates quarrels with others. This
makes so much sense if we want a peaceful life – why live a life full of unnecessary
contention with others? We must rid ourselves of anything that could distract
us from our relationship with God and his plan for us.
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