Cling

Today, Paul offers a “life preserver” for our journey.

1 Timothy 1

18 Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the Lord’s battles.

19 Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

20 Hymenaeus and Alexander are two examples. I threw them out and handed them over to Satan so they might learn not to blaspheme God.

Cling. On our journey, we will face unmet expectations in relationships, unplanned turmoil with finances and unexpected loss of life ... and not just once, on multiple occasions. Each one of them or a combination of all of them can “shipwreck” our journey unless we cling to our faith in Jesus ... even (especially) when everything else tells us to give up and let go.