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Pursue Godliness with Enduring Integrity

Bible Reading:    1 Timothy 6:7-12 

Key verse: Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. (1 Timothy 6: 12)

DEVOTION

1 Timothy is a letter written by the Apostle Paul to his young disciple Timothy. Paul had left Timothy in Ephesus to lead the church there and wrote this letter to give him guidance on how to lead well. The letter focuses on sound teaching, godly leadership, and practical instructions for church life. Paul emphasizes the importance of living a life of faith, integrity, and godliness, especially in the face of false teachings and moral decline. At its core, 1 Timothy is a call to spiritual maturity and faithful service in God’s household—the church.
Chapter 6 gives final instructions on godly living. Paul addresses proper attitudes of servants toward their masters, warns against false teachers and the dangers of loving money, and emphasizes that true gain comes from godliness with contentment. He urges Timothy to flee from greed and pursue righteousness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. Paul tells him to "fight the good fight of the faith" and hold firmly to eternal life. The chapter ends with a reminder to the rich to be humble, generous, and focused on eternal treasures—not earthly wealth.
In our present day-to-day life, it’s not easy to live the kind of life Paul describes on our own. It can only be achieved as written in Ephesians 6:11–12." Throughout Scripture, we see how God’s people responded to evil and temptation. Joseph ran from Potiphar’s wife, choosing righteousness over sin (Genesis 39:12). Moses left Pharaoh’s palace, giving up comfort for God’s call (Hebrews 11:24–27). David declared that he restrained his steps from evil to obey God’s Word (Psalm 119:101). Paul wisely escaped Damascus to continue his mission (Acts 9:23–25). Their examples remind us that fleeing is not weakness, but faithfulness as it is choosing God over sin, truth over lies, and obedience over compromise.
Paul says the love of money, pride, and false teaching are as mentioned in Jesus’ parable about the house built on sand (Matthew 7:24-27) illustrates that those who hear His words but don’t put them into practice are like a foolish man who builds his house on sand—it looks fine until the storms come, and then it collapses. The “house on sand” symbolizes a life built on unstable foundations, often worldly values like money, pride, or false teachings are like a house built in sand as mentioned by Jesus in the parable they look valuable and beautiful, but they will destroy you. Timothy is told to flee from those things, like someone escaping a fire, and instead run toward righteousness, faith, and eternal life.
 

PRAYER

Lord, help us to flee from sin and stand firm in faith, building our life on You with integrity and endurance. Amen.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

"A life built on anything less than Jesus will crumble under the weight of trials. Our hope and confidence must be in Christ alone." – Tim Keller Founder - Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City
 

Saji Pappachen

Immanuel MTC, Houston

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