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Tabernacle Tidbit - 2 Timothy 4:21 · Tabernacle Talk - A Bible Study Podcast with Pastor Bryon Self

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  This is a Tabernacle tidbit, a bite sized Tabernacle talk of 5
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  minutes or less to help you get through your day when you only
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  have a little bit of time. We hope this helps you to know
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  Christ, groan His Word, and show His love to others.
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  Let's get started. Welcome back to Tabernacle
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  Tidbits and today is Second Timothy chapter 4 and verse #21
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  going to say this as briefly as possible.
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  So today is the second to last Tabernacle Tidbit episode, at
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  least for a season, and I've really enjoyed going through
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  there's about 82 or so verses in Second Timothy and I have loved
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  walking through this for the past several months with y'all
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  and hope that it's been an encouragement to you.
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  All right, Second Timothy chapter 4 verse #21 Paul is
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  writing to Timothy. Paul's writing from prison be
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  the last letter that we have of his and inspired scripture.
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  And he tells Timothy, make every effort to come before winter.
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  Ubulus greets you as do Putin's Linus, Claudia and all the
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  brothers and sisters here. Paul, he is in a lonely spot, a
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  spot where as we heard in some previous verses, he was all
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  alone that everyone else except for Luke and a couple of others
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  even mentioned in this verse, Ubulus, Putin's Linus and
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  Claudia and the brothers and sisters.
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  But as far as those that were actually presently with Paul,
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  maybe in this prison ministering to him, there wasn't a lot of
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  people. And because of the love that
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  Paul had for Timothy, that he had discipled him, he had
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  preached with him, he had gone through so many life
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  difficulties with Timothy. Now he says, I want you to hurry
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  because I want to see you again before I pass.
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  And here he says, make every effort to come before winter
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  that what Timothy was going to be bringing with him, including
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  the the scrolls, the parchments, the the cloak that Paul had left
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  with with Karpis in the city of Troas.
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  Paul says, I really need these things, and it would be a great
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  help to myself and to my spirit if you were to bring these
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  things here. This word make every effort.
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  It's the word spudazzo in Greek. It's, it's to proceed quickly.
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  It's to be especially conscientious in discharging an
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  obligation. It's to take pains to do
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  something. It's to be zealous or eager to
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  make every effort to do this. There are times in your life and
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  in my life where we can't just go about our tasks
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  lackadaisically that we've got to put, if you will, some, some
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  pedal to the metal. We've got a we've got to go
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  fast. We've got to put some effort and
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  some energy in. Today more than ever before, it
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  can be really easy just to coast.
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  But in our lives, in our love for others, may we not just be
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  lazy. May we be intentional and
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  energetic and purposeful in how we love other people.
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  That just here, as Paul is telling Timothy, I want you to
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  exert yourself in order to meet this need that is in my life.
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  May we have that love for others.
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  Can I ask you today, when was the last time that you told your
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  spouse that you love them? That you're proud of them, that
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  you are grateful for them? I know if they're a human, they
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  are imperfect, but they need to hear that from you.
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  When was the last time that you told your kids that you love
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  them? That you were so glad that God
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  gave them to you? That you are proud of what they
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  have accomplished, that you are praying for their walk with the
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  Lord, and that you would do anything to help them.
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  When was the last time that you told one of your brothers or
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  sisters at church how much you love them and how much you love
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  getting to hear them sing to the Lord?
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  Or when was the last time that you told your pastor, hey, I'm
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  thankful for you. I'm thankful for maybe a message
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  or I'm thankful for some some prayer or some counsel that he's
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  given. When was the last time that you
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  told a coworker, Hey, you make coming to work enjoyable,
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  Thanks. Thanks for always having a
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  smiling face. Thanks for the jokes.
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  There are so many ways that we can intentionally be a blessing
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  to other people. Let's take advantage of it.
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  Jesus does that for us that every single day we can open up
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  the Word of God and we can read about the love that Jesus has
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  for us. We can read about our forever
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  home in heaven and we don't have to worry about what God thinks
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  about us because He has told us exactly what He thinks about us
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  in His Word. May we have that same love and
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  care and affection for each other.
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  Hope that be an encouragement to you today.
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  And I look forward to the very last Tabernacle tidbit episode
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  for a while, and Second Timothy chapter 4 and verse #22.