Giving Our All For God

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

 

2 Timothy 4:6-8

 

 

 

Here we see that Paul is writing from his prison cell in Rome and is coming very close to the end of his life, as by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, and he knows it. He knows that these are some of the last words that he will ever write, and he intends to make them count.

 

But what is so interesting is that he stops his instructions to Timothy to write these words about himself. He says that he's given everything he's got—he's laid himself out for God. He's done everything he was called to do, and he has no regrets.

 

Paul is teaching us that this is the way to live out our life and this is the way to finish our life—having given all for God.

 

All through these verses Paul is really speaking to us today. We are acutely aware that we are not getting any younger, and what we do with our time daily is to count for all that God has called us to do for His Kingdom.

 

We need to give our all for God and hold nothing back.

 

We need to love Him, obey Him, and serve Him and His people with all the talents, skills, and gifts He has blessed us with. We should long to come to the end of our life, like Paul, knowing without a shadow of a doubt that we have given our all for God.