Proclaim it!

DEVOTION
1 TIMOTHY
PROCLAIM IT
1 Tim 2:5-7
5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men — the testimony given in its proper time. 7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle — I am telling the truth, I am not lying — and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.
NIV
It certainly is clear as it can be and I have absolute confidence that Jesus Christ is my only way to the God the Father. There is without question, no doubt in my mind or spirit regarding this truth. I am positively convinced of this fact. I don’t know of any other words to describe my position or understanding of this one irrefutable truth, Jesus is the one and only way to God. No man can go to the Father except through Christ. The question I have to ask, however, is why these words about Paul’s appointment and his truthfulness are included? What bearing does that have on my life? I certainly accept everything written as God-breathed, so what does God what me to know about myself in this passage? Should I consider myself the same as Paul, at least in the sense of a calling or appointment? Not that I have been appointed as a teacher of the true faith to the gentiles, or have I? Am not I a Gentile? Are not all my friends in Christ Gentiles? Have not I been called to preach, or been appointed a herald, a proclaimer of the divine word? I think so, and I am doing it among Gentiles. I am not sure any Jew has ever heard or read my words regarding the truth of the Gospel. But, again, this also has bearing on all believers in the sense we are all called or appointed to tell the story about Jesus. What believer can keep quiet his mouth about his faith in Christ and that Jesus is the true and one way to eternal life? How could anyone not talk about that? So all are called, all are appointed to proclaim the divine word. That is the truth of this, I am sure. Sure, I am still a learner, but also a teacher or the word. Yes, I have much still to learn, but I have much still to teach. My task of learner the word will never be done, but so is my teaching never done. As with all believers, I must be about my father’s business. There is no retirement from service to my Lord, no sitting back resting on my laurels. No, I must continue to preach, to be an ambassador of Christ, to be a delegate, one sent with a message about Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world. The enemy tries his best to shut my mouth, but he will continue to fail, for I have the power of God at work within me, as all believers have. I will never stop telling the truth. I will proclaim it.