Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
Some often say that the Christian life is not always easy. From our point of view, it can be easy and difficult at the same time, but we cannot say that it is only difficult. From God's point of view, it is easy because knowing our weaknesses and shortcomings, God not only asks us to study His word and meditate on it night and day, but He gives us the Holy Spirit to reveal to us how we should live.
When Paul asks Timothy to strive, he is not telling him that all the work will depend on him, but to do his part to live according to the word of God and to please Him. Besides, that is all that God asks of us. To be a approved man is to be a mature Christian who has the knowledge of the word of God and who applies it to his life. It is at this point that we will not have to blush when the time comes to teach the word or share it with another.
Do not think that the Christian life is not for you because it is too difficult or because it imposes too heavy a burden on you to bear. The difficulty lies in your neglect to know the will of God and to understand His plan for your life through His word. God always provides a way to help us move forward in faith and in a perfect relationship with Him. He gives you the Holy Spirit to help you, rely on Him to teach you the way of God.
May the grace and peace of God be with you all.
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