Today’s Scripture Threshing for Sunday, May 12, 2019
Today’s Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-14
Key Verse: 2 Timothy 1:5 (ESV): I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.”
It is quite a bittersweet situation that my first Mother’s Day without my mom is here upon me; but I’m forever grateful that I’m comforted by her immense love for the Lord and her faithfulness to the words of eternal life, which she held until she breathed her last. This is refreshing to know how many believers in the world today have been so blessed, as Timothy, with a mother’s and grandmother’s faithful love for God.
There is only one mention of Lois and Eunice in the Bible, but their motherhood and spiritual influence over Timothy, Paul's young disciple continue to speak of deep active and genuine faith till eternity. Theirs is a testimony against this generation, which continues to see decline in motherhood, and exchange secular feminist ideologies for spiritual truth. As we celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day, we are in dire need for godly mothers who first love the Lord, are faithful, walk in sincere faith, train their children and/or grandchildren in the way of the Lord, and in worshipping the true and living God.
Quote for the Day: “Nothing in this life, among all the blessings we receive of God, apart from the gift of His only begotten Son, is greater than the blessings of a godly mother. We should have no such thing as a single day for mothers; but every day, all things being equal, is Mother’s Day.” (Simon Olatunji)
Prayer: Dear Lord, I thank you for making me (or giving me) a mother and/or a grandmother, I give you my body my entire inner being, my mind, my emotional life, my will; my marriage, my children, my grandchildren, my all — so that I can use my abilities and gifts, my strengths and my weaknesses and all to shine your light to those I influence — in Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Simon Wale Olatunji, PhD
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