2 Timothy 2:22

2 Timothy 2:22

22 Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I found this yesterday and it reminded me of youthful people, and I thought as I looked it up today that it is an easy "address" to remember.

So I want to ponder it for a moment:

FLEE!!! Flee those evil desires of youth! You youthful people!! With your evil desires!! Just Kidding, I believe we all have evil desires, that we have had from our youth and hung on to. So Flee! Everybody! from those evil desires. (lest you be dragged away and enticed!!! See James 1 for that, it's in there somewhere.)

Pursue: Chase After: Make a point to find: Go out of your way to get:

righteousness, faith, love and peace: All good stuff!!

We can't have righteousness without repentance: REPENT!!! Walk in repentance! (ADD ON: Walk, don't grovel! We can come boldly to the throne of grace. He won't love us any more than he does, and we don't score points for guilt. We are the righteousness of God in Christ, apart from our performance. Repent, move on. He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness, so let Him cleanse you!! Don't strive!)

We can't have faith if we don't believe: BELIEVE!!! We can't believe if we don't know: STUDY, LEARN, BE TAUGHT!!

LOVE: I can't synopsize love. We know what love is, don't we? But do we know how much love there is for us to receive? Open your heart to receive a little more of the love of Christ - RECEIVE IT!! EXTEND IT!!

PEACE: Peace passes all understanding, doesn't it? So that means I can't explain it! Praise God!!

"along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."

Along with: be reinforced in the fellowship of other believers, with pure hearts, not strange motives. And those who have a pure heart SEE GOD!!

May we all SEE GOD!!!
One more time:

2 Timothy 2:22

22 Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Blessings to you